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Breaking Addiction #drugrehabilitation emotional interview #footage filmed in 1990 post Soviet Union

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This environment made some young individuals more susceptible to turning to drugs as a means of coping with their frustrations and uncertainties. Highlighting the rise of organized crime and the challenges faced by law enforcement, the video sheds light on the profound impact of economic and social instability on youth addiction rates. Featuring interviews and real-life scenarios, it underscores the urgent need for comprehensive rehabilitation and prevention programs.

This footage digitised from 1990s Betacam SP tape explores the dramatic increase in drug trafficking and accessibility in post-Soviet states during the 1990s.

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Increased Availability and Trafficking of Drugs
Proliferation of Drug Trade: The dissolution of the Soviet Union created porous borders and weakened law enforcement, facilitating the rise of organized crime and the increased trafficking of drugs like heroin, cocaine, and synthetic substances.
Affordability and Accessibility: With the influx of drugs into the newly independent states, substances became more affordable and accessible to the general population, including teenagers.

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An addict is worse than a faggot. Now he’s rid of addiction, now.

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Behind you, there’s some kind of action in life. I speak as it is.

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[Music]

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[Music]

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Please.

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Come on, why hesitate?

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We have children growing up, and God forbid if my son, his children, or Varova’s children or any of our acquaintances get hooked on needles, we’ll just have to kill those people.

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So, to prevent this from happening, to not take sin on our souls, we’ll just lock them up.

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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How could you not know whom?

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They bought heroin in this house, they were injecting here, and the house was being built slowly. Now we’re just demolishing it.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Well, for example, a person ran away from here and injected himself, then we bring him back. He says he didn’t inject, I’ll do a test, do a test, show that he injected. Here is where the device is, like a monkey there.

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They strap him down, and everyone takes turns with the belt.

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Then they put handcuffs on him, and he sits there like that.

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It gave us back our father.

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Tea with ice, a little suit. When he left, when he returns, I have a good wife and daughter.

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Thanks to the foundation, I just didn’t lose them. If I hadn’t met them, maybe everything would have turned out differently.

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Maybe we would’ve separated if not for the City Without Drugs Foundation. City Without Drugs.

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[Music]

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[Music]

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Understood.

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Come here, show me. This is Amurskaya, where we got it.

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Zaózyornaya is nearby, that side where the dorms are, this side, probably will be heard.

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I don’t know.

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Not enough for me.

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And what?

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[Music]

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Denis, I’m staying. And you, sit down.

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Masha, Sergey, let’s go then.

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[Applause]

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Why, Duysha, we…

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We built this place. We’ll also build more centers. We did it recently.

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Our 626 [police unit], it’s time you hand over heroin, and I think they’re already registering it. Yes, they’re sitting in the car.

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What SUV is that? Mercedes? No, Toyota, Toyota. Let’s go, let’s go, Zhenya, let’s all go.

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Let’s leave, his liver is sick, guys.

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[Music]

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[Music]

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Where?

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Not gonna pour it out.

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Here’s heroin, great quality heroin.

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Heroin with large crystals.

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Crystals. That’s the goal and the essence of our life for some time now.

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More cartridges.

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Blanks, money?

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Good store.

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What’s this?

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[Music]

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The reflectors are iced over, I’ll aim the telescope.

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And you warm up. [Music] Reflectors? No, it’s me, you. [Music]

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Holding. Hello, I’m [to] the USA.

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Here are four chambers here.

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Invented, the mother slipped the language. Okay, go.

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[Applause] [Music] [Applause]

This powerful footage shows the critical efforts to break addiction and implement drug rehabilitation programs after the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s. The video highlights the rise of drug trafficking and the growing accessibility of illicit substances, exposing the societal challenges post-Soviet states faced. Interviews with former addicts, law enforcement officials, and community leaders offer a comprehensive view of the fight against addiction and the drive to rebuild communities during economic and social instability.

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