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/Rick Hlaperin News
PARLIAMENT
DEPUTY PROPOSES INTRODUCING DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Death
penalty is an integral part of the struggle against drug trafficking,
Russian State Duma (lower house) deputy Nikolai Kovalyov said on Friday.
Kovalyov is deputy head of the State Duma Security Committee and head of
the Duma Anti-Corruption Committee. About 3 % of the world's population
are addicted to drugs. The turnover of drug traffickers reaches $400
billion, about 8 % of the world trade.
According
to statistics cited by Deputy Health Minister Yevgeny Detkov, the number
of teenagers addicted to drugs is twice the number of adult drug addicts.
Of 1,000 young men, 148 are confident that they will not be taken to
court.
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