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Anti-Drug Authority: 10% of all Israeli youth are regular drug users
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Youth 

Some 10% of Israelis aged 12-18 regularly use drugs, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch (Yisrael Beiteinu) told the Knesset Committee on Drug Abuse Monday.

The minister was quoting from statistics from the Anti-Drug Authority.

According to the authority, a total of 320,000 Israelis are regular drug users, of which 60,000 fall in to the 12-18 age bracket, Aharonovitch said.
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Aharonovitch also told the committee that the border between Israel and Lebanon is wide open to drug smugglers, despite the existence of a fence along the length of the border and despite attempts by police and the Israel Defense Forces to stop drug smuggling in the area.

"Drugs are passing through there all the time, and the border is not hermetically sealed, it is wide open," he said.

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      1.   Legalize it 14:50  |  Jew 13/07/09
      2.   Numbers 15:04  |  Skeptical 13/07/09
      3.   that`s not counting alcohol, is it? 15:19  |  newageblues 13/07/09
      4.   Where, not why 16:09  |  Sherlock Holmes 13/07/09
      5.   And if this doesn`t help boot the budget 16:25  |  Mark Lincoln 13/07/09
      6.   lebanon ? 19:00  |  matt 13/07/09
      7.   As threatening as the other missiles: FIGHT IT. 19:27  |  Fortuna Benmayor 13/07/09
      8.   #1-That`s not how it works (here). 19:55  |  Steve 13/07/09
      9.   suggested solution 19:55  |  Albert Fischer 13/07/09
      10.   why the hell is the border not secured??? 20:20  |  yael 13/07/09
      11.   Israeli Youth and Drugs 20:36  |  David W. Deitch 13/07/09
      12.   Make it mandatory 22:08  |  utagawa 13/07/09
      13.   Legalize 01:17  |  Eli 14/07/09
      14.   #1- if only that were an option 01:47  |  Evan Silverman 14/07/09
      15.   Chill-out 01:49  |  cwarn 14/07/09
      16.   Drug problem is internation problem not only in Israel. 03:45  |  C2 14/07/09
      17.   If you want to use weed in peace, California is sure the place 04:44  |  newageblues 14/07/09
      18.   "drug" says who? 13:53  |  nadav 14/07/09
      19.   Pass the Dutchie from the left hand side... 19:58  |  BIG SUR 14/07/09
      20.   #17 NEWAGEBLUES 20:00  |  BIG SUR 14/07/09
      21.   That`s it? 22:20  |  Czarkazem13 14/07/09
      22.   LEGALIZE 00:45  |  Daniel 15/07/09
      23.   wine, beer, tobacco and other drugs 05:37  |  Yaacob 15/07/09
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