Drug abuse in Republic of Moldova

The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is a United Nations International Day against drug abuse and the illegal drug trade. It has been held annually since 1988 on 26 June, a date chosen to commemorate Lin Zexu's dismantling of the opium trade in Humen, Guangdong, just before the Opium War. The observance was instituted by General Assembly resolution 41/111 of 7 December 1987.

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Feom 1986, the drug abuse became a social deases. The National Agencies anti-drug for the 2005-2008 years established that 200 millions of people are consuming drugs, and their have the age from 15 to 64. Most of those who are consuming drugs are in penitentiaries(over 2000) and the total number raported is 4000.

Who are involved in drug abuse

The risk of drug abuse is more often a problem for teenagers. Adults don't have time with all the social problem to consume or to think about consuming drugs.

How to prevent drug abuse

In Republic Dispensary of Narcology is used a modern system of treating this addiction. The treatmnet is annonymous, and can be ambulatory or stationary.

ministry of Healthcare is traying to informe population about the risks that are involved in using drugs. For protect youth from the abuse of drugs is necessary to organize educational programms.

Pozitives resultats can be obtained only if all the members of society will unite their forces.