[Drug addiction morbidity in Republic of Dagestan].

In Republic of Dagestan, analysis of drug addiction morbidity rate for last ten years refers to that its level in urban population is four times higher than in rural areas. Portion of opiate addicts detected for the first time consists 46.8% in urban areas and 22.1% in rural areas. In the morbidity structure of age-specific drug addiction highest level is in the age group of 20-39 years and 40-59 years. In rural areas, as compared with urban areas, drug addiction cases among women were detected for the first time only in 2004. In rural areas and towns of Republic, there are territories with higher rates of drug addiction morbidity.

[The conditions and mode of life of teenagers in a big city]. / Usloviia i obraz zhizni podrostkov v krupnom gorode.

A total of 1646 teenagers were questioned (including students of schools, technical schools and high schools located in the city of Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan) for the purpose of working out mixed programs for the healthy mode of life and for the prevention of drug-addiction and toxicomania among youth. According to the study results, teenagers living in incomplete families are subjected more to bad habits versus those living in normal families. Above 95% of parents said they did not spend their free time with their children; 12% of boys and 3% of girls prefer to visit discos when they have free time--a place where one can easily buy psychoactive drugs; 22% of teenagers have a history of minor offences, which means they could potentially use psychoactives and live asocial life. Finally, a set of measures was worked out on the basis of study results for the healthy mode of life and for the prevention of drug-addiction and toxicomania among teenagers.