various means. Some illicit drugs are homegrown; collective farmers can double their incomes selling poppies on the black market. As in the West, some drugs are stolen from hospitals and pharmacies. Five hundred people were indicted early this year for such thefts from Ministry of Public Health facilities. Despite strict Soviet frontier controls, smugglers provide another source of supply, particularly in Turkmenistan, which borders on Afghani- stan and Iran.
Belatedly, the Soviets have begun to...