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Albania Concerned Over Rising Drug Abuse Among Youths
"The consumption of drugs has seen a worrying rise, particularly among young people," said Albanian Health Minister Anila Godo.
The use of illegal substances such as ecstasy or other amphetamines was of particular concern, the minister told AFP.
"Some products are readily available in pharmacies, which can then be easily modified by drug addicts for their own use," said Godo, stressing this represented a "real challenge for the whole of society."
Albania lies on the Balkans trafficking route used by organised crime gangs to smuggle drugs, arms and people into Europe from the Far East, Africa and the Middle East.
Its health ministry says there are now between 40,000 and 60,000 addicts in the country of 3.1 million inhabitants, up from an estimated 5,000 in 1995.
At least 70 people have died from overdoses since 1995, but for experts the true number of deaths caused by illicit drugs is much higher.
"The number of deaths is underestimated and should also take into account all deaths caused indirectly by the use of drugs, such as AIDS, violence, accidents, suicides," said health department chief Sokol Morina.
The drug problem was made worse in Albania by the magnitude of change it has seen since the collapse of its isolated communist regime in the early 1990s.
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