Turkmenistan beat drug traffickers, but not addiction | Society | News |
March 12, 2010 – 12:00 am
Turkmenistan 2 years ago, through the President Berdimuhamedov has been declared a merciless war on drugs. Civil service was created to combat this scourge. Drugs in the country actually decreased, primarily due to the elimination of illegal drug trafficking networks.
Operating Officer of the Anti-Drug Trafficking (OBNON) Police Department Lebap province complains that the catch was almost nobody.
«Earlier police detained someone with one gram of potions, the entire department made fun of him because of the tiny number of drug seizures, and now the capture of drug traffickers, even with so many dope boss perceives as a success “- said Officer OBNONa. According to him, for two years, members of the new State Service held everywhere “big sweep”, almost left the relevant police departments and the MNS without work.
It should be noted that despite the severity of the regime at the time of Niyazov’s drug addiction has reached the extent of national disaster and a real threat to the nation’s gene pool. In some regions, especially in rural areas bordering Afghanistan to the south and Uzbekistan in the north and north-east of the country, together with men addicted to drugs and women.
narcologist from the town of Mary, welcomed the steps aimed at eradicating drug abuse in the country, and in turn invites the authorities to change their attitudes towards drug addicts: “Do not consider drug addicts as criminals, in fact it is sick people who need help. Unfortunately, the current system of treatment, rehabilitation and return of these people to rebuild their lives do not meet modern requirements. The conditions of patients in drug addiction and treatment and employment preventoriums a hundred times worse than in the colony of strict regime ».
According to the doctor, drug addiction, drug addicts can not get a potion, so almost all the drug dealers to catch. However, their addiction is not overcome, and people began to drink vodka and wine, and “breaking” knock pills trimola, the website of the Chronicle of Turkmenistan “.
