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The Country of Georgia Losing Battle against Designer Drug
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The Country of Georgia Losing Battle against Designer Drug
A drug designed to fight opiate addiction is becoming the object of addiction in the Eurasian country of Georgia. Buprenorphine or subutex® use in Georgia is reportedly skyrocketing, in part, because users believe it is less dangerous than heroin. The drug's popularity is currently exceeding that of heroin which is actually easier to find than subutex®. Some heroin users are using the drug as a form of self-treatment to get off heroin.
The use of Subutex® in Georgia is alarmingly high. It's estimated that 60% of those between the ages of 16 and 27 have tried the drug at least once. Treatment centers report users as young as nine years of age.
The International Narcotics Control Board, an agent of the United Nations, estimates an increase in drug abusers in Georgia since 2003 of over 80%. Subutex® has been increasingly imported and illegally sold in the country during that time period and has played a big role in the increased numbers of users.
While Subutex® comes as a pill, most users are snorting the drug or mixing it with other medications and injecting the dissolved medication. Both techniques give heroin-like highs that can't be achieved by taking the pill whole.
Officials believe the drug is being transported by private individuals who are "doctor-shopping" (primarily in France) and transporting the drug through normal airline channels. Costing between $1.20 and $4.85 Euros per tablet in France, Georgians pay up to the equivalent of $120 Euros per tablet. Each tablet can provide enough of the drug for up to eight "hits".
In spite of beliefs that Subutex® is safer and less addicting, its addictive potential appears to be as high as with heroin and deaths from injected overdoses are not uncommon.
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