[Role of the forensic medical expertise in the campaign of Russia Defense Ministry against trafficking of narcotics and strong drug substances].
The forensic medical measures undertaken by Russia's Defense Ministry (RDM) in its campaign against trafficking of narcotics and drastic medicines in Russia's territory are addressed in the paper. The dynamic mortality rate due to poisoning by narcotic and psychotropic agents (among Russian citizens) is shown for 1996-2001; the following issues are also discussed: specificity of drug-trafficking and drug-addiction in the contemporary Russian society and, primarily, in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the conditions, on which the RDM expert forensic-and-medical institutions are involved in state measures against trafficking of narcotics and drastic medicines in Russia's territory.
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D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D008889:Military Personnel; D012426:Russia; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000401:mortality