Russia's war on drugs: tackling heroin problem means going back to Afghanistan - Telegraph

Russia's war on drugs: tackling heroin problem means going back to Afghanistan - Telegraph: "tens of thousands of drug-related deaths in Russia each year. Sveta Makhnenko could easily have been one of that number
Sveta has vague memories of finding herself on the floor, her nose broken, her limbs numb, intolerable pain pinching every single muscle of her skinny body. As her consciousness cleared, as if somebody turned the light on, a nurse said: 'This one will pass away by tomorrow morning. Let's not even bother moving her to the ward.'"