According to a recent article published by the LA Times, heroin abuse is spreading like wildfire throughout Russia.  One possible cause for the influence of Heroin in Russia is the fact that over the years, there has been a sharp increase in poppy cultivation due to the U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan.  This increase in poppy cultivation has apparently led Russia to become flooded with heroin use and abuse.

The article goes on to state:

The drug has spread like fire through a country uniquely unqualified to cope with its dangers: Narcotics were largely absent during Soviet times, and most people are still unaware of the risk of heroin addiction, even as an estimated 83 Russians a day die by overdosing on the drug, government figures show…The transition from a Soviet state largely free from heroin to a booming nation awash in the drug has been painful and dark, marked by widespread public ignorance of the risks and symptoms of addiction, lingering shame and stigma, and muddled government efforts at treatment.

83 Russians die per day from overdosing on heroin. If that doesn’t spell out the fact that something is grossly wrong with this situation, then I’m not sure what will.  And what’s more is the fact that many fear that if the situation with Afghanistan is not reversed that there will be an even larger number of people addicted to heroin.

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