EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TOXICOMANIA AND DRUG ADDICTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
Nowadays, usage of narcotic and non-narcotic substances among population in general and especially among young people remains a pressing challenge for Belarus. Number of drug users in Belarus increased by 65.2 per cent in 2019 compared with 2000, and number of non-narcotic substances users doubled. Number of people using smoking mixtures decreased by 52.2 per cent in 2019 compared with 2016. On average, 6.6% of patients with toxicomania are removed from dispensary observation every year due to disease remission and 1.1% of patients - due to death. It is necessary for prevention of non-drug substances usage, including smoking mixtures usage, to pay attention to determined prognostic unfavorable factors of their distribution, to attract patients to treatment, to take into consideration duration of disease remission and mortality rates.