Assessment of socioeconomic consequences of drug abuse in the Ural federal district

Aleksey Klevakin () and Inessa Gurban ()
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Inessa Gurban: Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Science

Economy of region, 2013, vol. 1, issue 2, 34 - 42

Abstract: The paper considers issues of the assessment of the socioeconomic consequences of drug abuse in today’s conditions, which have the following features — the approaching of drug-dealers to legalize the drug market, develop the illegal drug market and their analogs and derivatives by the introduction of modern production technologies and distribution of psychoactive agents. Key tendencies observed in the contemporary world in the field of dynamics of the drug market development, which are reflected in the regions of Russia including the Ural Federal District are revealed. The procedure of assessment of socioeconomic expenses of drug abuse including assessment of drug consumers’ expenses and their surrounding people; and also; maintenance costs of the state bodies supervising drug trafficking; expenses for health care and other social expenses connected to drug use; damage to individuals of drug abuse distribution; expenses of private institutions and establishments; socioeconomic impact of drug abuse distribution. The technique uses a tool allowing to carry out a calculation (a heroin equivalent), i.e. the drugs withdrawn by law enforcement agencies and the subsequent calculation of the corresponding number of consumers of each type of drug. This method is aimed at increasing the accuracy of estimates received. On the basis of results calculated according to offered technique, the shares of socioeconomic expenses of drug abuse concerning the income of the cumulative consolidated budget and a gross regional product of the Ural Federal District are defined.

Keywords: socioeconomic consequences of drug abuse; assessment of socioeconomic expenses of the drug abuse; illegal drug trade; monitoring of drug abuse situation; state regulation against drug abuse; economic security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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