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On March 24, Russia and NATO discussed efforts...
forward is to try to eliminate the global demand for drugs, as this would undermine supply. While this just proposal deserves to be immortalized in platinum or granite, it is a task of Biblical proportions, tantamount to fighting sin itself.Not to mention that preventive measures, alternatives, the destruction of drugs and the financing of new agencies would cost the equivalent of several Afghan wars and take many years to accomplish.
Afghan drugs take an especially heavy toll on Russia"s population. According to Russian analysts, 75-80 metric tons, or 21%, of Afghan heroin, makes its way to Russia, resulting in the deaths of 30,000 to 40,000 young Russians.
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MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin)
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