It is no longer just a corridor to cross it.. Iraq is an incubating environment for drugs

[size=52]It is no longer just a corridor to cross it.. Iraq is an incubating environment for drugs[/size]

[size=45]The Iraqi market has become an economic and security feasibility for drug traffickers, as Iraq provides uncontrolled borders, widespread corruption, and the control of some political parties over the ports, which enables the use of containers for smuggling. 50 percent is the prevalence of drugs among Iraqi youth.[/size]
[size=45]This shocking percentage was announced by the Minister of Interior Othman Al-Ghanimi in a press statement to one of the Iraqi media, and this percentage constituted a great surprise for observers and specialists in this field, as they see that the economic and political conditions had a significant impact on the spread of this phenomenon that made Iraq a consumer market for drugs. , after it was a passage to cross it. The Ministry of Interior, through its official spokesman, Major General Khaled Al-Muhanna, referred to a security campaign to combat drug dealers, transporters and promoters, and to seize large quantities, as he described it. This will be accompanied by the use of the community police, which is one of the formations that work on education and awareness in the social fields and renounce emergency phenomena in society, as well as the work of the Directorate of Clans Affairs, which works in communication with the tribal elders to have a direct impact on the members of their tribe in warning, awareness and monitoring.[/size]
[size=45]The population of Iraq is more than 40 million people until 2020, according to estimates by the Ministry of Planning, 56.5 percent of whom are classified as those who are able to work, aged between 15 to 65 years, but poverty and unemployment rates are still high. Poverty rates in Iraq constitute 27 percent, or more than ten million poor people, and unemployment rates vary between the central and southern regions, which are the most affected and the most exporting oil, which is the mainstay of Iraq's budget. percent.[/size]
[size=45]Psychiatrist Ibrahim Al-Sayegh believes that behind this great spread of drugs among Iraqi youth, there are positive reasons, including economic ones, related to unemployment rates, as the Iraqi youth does not find job opportunities available to him or a place to unload his energies, whether negative or positive. There are no scientific, cultural or recreational centers to accommodate them. There are no government plans to address the crises that afflict the new generation, which finds itself unemployed, loitering in the streets and cafes, looking for something to forget about its condition through drug use, or for a quick profit that will enter it in the world of drug trade.[/size]
[size=45]Political problems also cast a shadow over the spread of drugs, according to Al-Sayegh. Many young people aspire to have their country stable like other countries without security incidents or sectarian strife, but they have been disappointed. Many people escape from their reality by resorting to drugs.[/size]
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[size=45]The specialist in crime geography Ali al-Atabi believes that Iraq after 2003 is no longer a “transit” corridor between its eastern neighbors to its western neighbors, but rather a consumer of drugs with a weak security grip, and narcotic substances that are abused and traded in Iraq varied between pills “Captagon” The “crystal” substance, as it is considered the most dangerous, as it is a laboratory-manufactured chemical substance that a person becomes addicted to quickly, and the price of one gram of “crystal” ranges between 45 thousand to 75 thousand Iraqi dinars, which is equivalent to 65 US dollars to 110 dollars. He finds that the bulk of these drugs come from Afghanistan and Iran towards Iraq, and that the border provinces are the most affected, such as Basra, Maysan, Diyala, Wasit and Sulaymaniyah. Director of Anti-Narcotics Media, Brigadier General Ziad Al-Qaisi, reveals the arrest of 17,000 suspects in the drug file in Iraq during the first ten months of 2021, and the seizure of more than 900 kilograms of narcotic substances, which include crystal, heroin, cocaine and others, and more than 19 million narcotic tablets. It is reported that the security forces are cooperating Among them, in order to combat drugs from the national security services, intelligence, rapid response forces and others. In the midst of this large number of drug addicts, according to the official ratios announced, Iraq does not have specialized “solid” centers, as Dr. Ibrahim al-Sayegh puts it, to treat addicts. What is available at the present time are attempts by small, ill-equipped centers, in order to accommodate some cases, which are Not enough according to these numbers. Political science professor Najm Abed Tarish believes that the weakness of the state made it easier for drugs to enter the country.[/size]
[size=45]Tarish speculates that the entry of drugs through Iran through smugglers and not officially to flood Iraq with them, while the Iraqi market has become economically feasible and security for drug dealers, instead of going to distant markets, exposing traders to risks and excessive costs, while in Iraq uncontrolled borders and the spread of corruption and control Some political parties are on the ports, which enables the use of containers for smuggling.[/size]
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