Drugstores of Chelyabinsk town refused from selling of medications, which can be used for preparation of narcotics, to under aged. This was informed by president of State Drug Inspection over Chelyabinsk oblast.

Voluntary limitations on sale were introduced by pharmaceutical chemists at the numerous insistences of citizens. "Every day dozens of telephone calls to hot line of State Drug Inspection, in which citizens inform that teenagers prepare narcotics from ordinary flu drugs or others, are registered", - informed the source.

By data of pharmacists, the majority of drugstores have regular customers among teenagers, who buy the same drugs in free sale and syringes.

"At present moment legislation doesn`t provide the limitations on selling of these medications. At the same time administrators of Chelyabinsk drugstores voluntarily introduced limitations on selling of these drugs to under aged, taking into consideration the rise of drug use among teenagers", - informed the source.

By data of children narcological department of Chelyabinsk regional hospital, about 30 teenagers-drug addicts are registered on the books of narcology experts. About 2 thousands of coevals are noticed in use of narcotics.
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