The government Concentration of anti-drug efforts on Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters that methamphetamine was “the most dangerous drug”. on Wednesday.
speaking in a meeting in the capital Ankara minister also praised the success of a program It uses artificial intelligence in crime Analysis to detect potential drug production.
as a sitting country on fork of Asia and Europe, Turkey is fighting upwards battle to prevent international Drug smuggling while searching for domestic drug curb use. Soylu said methamphetamine is high risk for Country. “We had one risk of bonsai use But we managed to reduce risk with Our preventive efforts and seizures and we are now working to increase seizures of methamphetamine”, referring to a common, cheap synthetic drug in turkey in Last few years.
meth said use And smuggling remains for years, but the authorities escalated up a job. “else yearWe’ve seen that use scattered all over the country. death cases directly It stems from methamphetamine use corresponds to 1.4% of Drug-related deaths in 2016 but in 2021, this rate It increased to 35.6%. This is amazing shows us intensity of the threat ” minister She said. He said Turkey would suffer fewer drug-related deaths if it “concluded out meth use. Soylu pointed out that a number of of countries They act as methamphetamine production centers, mentioning among them Iran, Poland, the Czech Republic and Belgium.
“The rate of Episodes of methamphetamine increased by 477%. in Europe. we live in country located in a place near this dangerHo added Turkey is in the foreground of European countries in terms of Seizures after seizing 4.1 tons of methamphetamine in 2020, “double The amount of Seized meth in everyone of Europe in 2020 “This number rose to 5.5 tons in 2021.
Introduction to Drug Analysis Network (ASENA), artificial intelligence program Soylu said ASENA used by the police anti-narcotics department, who shortened his name also indicates it’s a wolf in Turkish myths helped in 3594 cases of Drug seizures so far. “It first locally made crime analysis platform. clicks in millions of Data obtained from the database on Drug seizures and more criminal activities and employs artificial intelligence. For example, traces down The suspect is noticeable and follows his daily routine and if he deviates from the routine, he watches for any unusual activity. This helped recently us To grab 52 kg (114 lb) of Explosives in Modern operation,” he said.
Soylu said the authorities have also Drafting a roadmap for fight methamphetamine use Actions sent that need To be transferred to the local authorities in all of 81 counties. “we also Urging families to watch children they suspect of using drugs. Please be aware of meth use. we also call Young people should abstain from meth use. even in one the time use “It makes you hooked,” he said.
