News (Media Awareness Project) - Uzbekistan: Drug Addiction Increases In Eastern Uzbekistan |
| Title: | Uzbekistan: Drug Addiction Increases In Eastern Uzbekistan |
| Published On: | 2001-07-18 |
| Source: | Times of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-25 13:31:55 |
DRUG ADDICTION INCREASES IN EASTERN UZBEKISTAN
TASHKENT. Drug addiction is rife in the eastern Uzbek town of Fergana,
especially among teenagers.
Drugs-related crimes have been registered in 36 of the 54 neighborhoods in
the town. Over the past five years, the number of people selling and taking
heroin and marijuana increased eight-or tenfold.
More and more women are getting involved in drug dealing. In the town of
Fergana alone, criminal proceedings have been instituted against 16 women
on charges of selling, possessing and taking drugs, since the beginning of
2000. In all 140 women have been registered by a rehabilitation center for
drug addicts.
TASHKENT. Drug addiction is rife in the eastern Uzbek town of Fergana,
especially among teenagers.
Drugs-related crimes have been registered in 36 of the 54 neighborhoods in
the town. Over the past five years, the number of people selling and taking
heroin and marijuana increased eight-or tenfold.
More and more women are getting involved in drug dealing. In the town of
Fergana alone, criminal proceedings have been instituted against 16 women
on charges of selling, possessing and taking drugs, since the beginning of
2000. In all 140 women have been registered by a rehabilitation center for
drug addicts.
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