Krokodil takes toll on Russian addicts
Many Russian drug users are switching from heroin to a drug commonly known as Krokodil (Desomorphine). Krokodil is cheaper that heroin and more addictive meaning those who cannot afford heroin are...
View ArticleDrug scene in Russia 2010. Results of the Internet survey on the heroin...
Drug scene in Russia 2010. Results of the Internet survey on the heroin situation in Russia in 2010. The survey was done in early 2011. The questionnaire was distributed via harm reduction list serve...
View ArticleSocial activists for the rights of drug users VS prosecutors and police...
27 July 2012 Ponedelnik.info On July 27, Togliatti NGO Project April and the city’s human rights activists will make public the situation of drug user Ivan Anoshkin. Who, according to his lawyer Alexey...
View ArticleBBC interview with Anya Sarang
Heroin use in Russia is a major problem. Up to two million people are believed to use the drug and heroin addiction kills thirty thousand people every year. But now it has a rival…a cheaper, homemade...
View ArticleOver-the-counter sales of drugs that contain codeine prohibited in Russia
As of June 1, 2012, over-the-counter sales of medical drugs containing codeine (pentalgin, nurofen, solpadeine, etc.) are banned in Russia. Those in need of such drugs would have...
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