INCIDENCE OF NARC0L0GICAL DISORDERS AMONG ADOLESCENTS ^ OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
Among the factors causing the deterioration of children's and adolescents' health one of the leading positions belongs to consumption of psychoactive substances. The aim of this paper was to examine the prevalence of narcological disorders depending on drug and non-drug substances among adolescents of the Republic of Tatarstan for the period of 2000-2007. The primary morbidity rate of drug-user adolescents for this period has decreased. But at the same time only during 2007 the number of adolescents appealing for the medical aid to narcologists for the first time increased twice. Young boys are more inclined to drug addiction than their girl-peers. In rural areas of Tatarstan the rate of drug using adolescents is significantly lower than that in urban areas. In 2000-2007 toxicomania morbidity among adolescents increased. The majority of cases are young boys; cases of toxicomania among young girls were registered only in 2004 and 2005. Urban area adolescents are more inclined to toxicomania than their rural peers. Examination data illustrates the seriousness of the narcological situation among adolescents of the Republic