Press Release: EU Drugs Monitoring Centre signs accord with Russian Federal Drugs Service

The EU drugs monitoring centre (the EMCDDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Russian Federal Drugs Control Service (FDCS) to exchange information and technical expertise on the use and trafficking of illegal drugs. Heroin abuse is a growing problem in Russia with an estimated third of Afghan opium being trafficked through the country to the EU where there are up to two million problematic heroin users.