By Prensa Latina
Moscow : Russian Federal Anti-Drug Services said local universities are running compulsory anti-drug tests among the students.
Victor Jvorostian, head of the Anti-Drug Services, quoted by RIA Novosati, said the Duma (legislative lower house) proposal may be approved in the fall and said there is dangerous addiction in many professions.
The expert lauded some tests run at Moscow’s Polytechnic University at admission and called the test a tool to help reduce drug abuse on campus, double last year from 2006.
Russian Assistant Interior Minister Alexander Chekalin said official data show 10,000 annual fatalities due to drug abuse.
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