Whether you are an individual or a big international organization, you can help Belarus combat the rapidly growing tragedy of drug addiction through:

Establishing cooperation with Belarusian organizations or individuals working in the realm of drug addiction prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and codependency;
Bringing to Belarus your vision, ideas and projects;
Providing material support to Belarusian organizations dealing with consequences of drug addiction.

Shocking Facts about Drug Addiction in Belarus

One fifth of all Belarusian families have experienced consequences of drug use.

16% of students in Belarus have used drugs.

Two thirds of drug users in Belarus are young people at the age of 15-25.

Over the last ten years the amount of illegal drugs seized by police has increased 63 times.

81.4% HIV positive persons in Belarus are injecting drug users.

95% of Belarusian injecting drug users use heroin.

About This Site
This site is a free directory providing information about Belarusian drug addiction treatment, rehabilitation, and counseling facilities. We also provide information on education and prevention. In the section Nation in Danger, we offer an overview of the current Belarusian drug scene, statistical data, information about drug control efforts, most common drugs used in Belarus and their health consequences, prevailing motivations for using drugs, and testimonies of former addicts. Helpful advice and information on prevention methods and techniques is in the section How To Drug Proof You Loved Ones. There are also Identifying Symptoms, What to Do In an Emergency, Narcotics Anonymous in Belarus, and Help to the Codependent.

Who Is Behind This Site
The site was developed in November 2002 by Mothers Against Drugs (Alex Novikov and Elena Pisarenko) in cooperation with Belarus Branch of the International Association Against Narcotics and Narcotics Trafficking (Alexander Godlevsky and Donald Coder, MD, PhD), and with assistance from Vladimir Maximchook, MD, PhD, Chief Narcologist for Belarus and Sergey Molochko, MD, Director of Minsk Narcological Dispensary.

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Belarus Embassy in the US
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