Russia: NATO Has Failed In Stopping Afghan Narcotic Production

NATO Failing To Fight Afghan Narcotics - Drug Agency -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's anti-drug chief criticized NATO on Tuesday for failing to combat drug-trafficking from Afghanistan.

“Drug production in Afghanistan is a threat for the EU states and they [NATO] agree, but say that they cannot work outside the European Union,” Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov said.

Russia is interested in cooperation with NATO on the problem, Ivanov added, but complained that NATO has been reluctant to accredit an official of his anti-drug agency to represent Russia in Brussels.

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Update: Russia ‘alarmed’ over record Afghan heroin bust -- RT

My Comment: The number one drug problem in Russia is heroin addiction. The above 2006 graph says it all .... approximately 2%-3% of the Russian population is addicted to heroin .... a number that I can assure you is higher in 2012. In short .... it is an epidemic that is rarely discussed in the West (or in Russia for that matter), but a huge health and social problem that every Russian is aware of.