92 people dead from drug use in Kosovo

The problem of drug addiction is one of many problems facing Kosovo society, especially since the postwar period.

According to a response by Kosovo Police officials, during the year 2018 only recorded as cases involving drugs are about 1037 cases. Where 135 cases were recorded during July alone.

Age, which mostly uses narcotics substances, is young people between the ages of 21 and the age of 35. There is decline in the use and circulation of heroin, but there is an increase in the number of marijuana consumers, where, according to officials from Kosovo police, this number is on the rise.

Kosovo's “Police are engaged in both the prevention field and the operational-ethimatic field of this phenomenon. In the prevention field, he drafted an Operational Order. Stop the drugs at school by which activities have been carried out to prevent and combat the drug phenomenon in schools and around them, contact with parents, meetings with security teams, youth forums, operating plans at border points, and other activities in collaboration with relevant government organisations and NGOs.” have been expressed.

As for drug cultivation, this phenomenon is not very pronounced in Kosovo, except in cases where planting is done by users for personal cultivation.

“Qualisation is not very pronounced in Kosovo. The planting is done mainly by users for small uses, with a case in which it has attempted to grow in large quantities but there are also places where cannabis grows naturally ( feral plants), places that police have identified, and plants have been destroyed in the early stage. Police have previously implemented helicopter patrols in co-operation with KFOR and EULEX, control of suspected locations, and exchange of information in close co-operation with citizens. ” says KP response for “Indexline”

According to official from Centre “Labyrinth”, Muharrem Ademi in their center alone finds 1269 registered persons who need treatment against drug addiction.

We're going to generate 1269 registered persons in our center. Currently 103 people are being treated. Of them 89 are on the Metadon Bear Program on a daily basis, and the other 14 are treated via psychotherapeutic sessions” has been expressed in Ademi.

As a disturbing and widespread problem, you see the mixture of narcotics and alcohol, noting once again that the number of heroin users has declined and has increased for substances such as marijuana and cocaine.

In contrast, Kosovo's drug abuse of drugs has taken the lives of 92 people between 202 and 2018, leading to overdose, murder, suicide, and causing health problems.