Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»273110.25742/NRIPH.2024.01.015Научная статьяDrug Use in Moscow: A Sociological AssessmentBogdanIgnat V.BogdanIV@zdrav.mos.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7002-1646GornostalevMaksim D.GornostalevMD@zdrav.mos.ruhttps://orcid.org/0009-0002-0989-5077KuzmenkovVladimir A.50KuzmenkovVA@zdrav.mos.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-1417Research Institute for Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of Moscow Healthcare Department1603202428110210825042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The State Anti-Drug Committee describes the drug situation in Moscow as neutral, however statistics data show a rise in drug-related mortality. The authors conducted an empirical sociological study on a representative sample (N=1002) in order lyze the issue and its factors. Fear and distancing define attitudes toward drug users in general, and people support harsher measures. Young and middle-aged men, who are frequently employees of private companies, are more likely to have used drugs at least once. The influence of friends, coworkers, or relatives is the primary cause of drug involvement. The study assessed the drug risk group based on social factors. Muscovites list criminal activity, social and psychological issues, mass culture's influence as potential causes of the drugs spreading. The study presents guidelines for the anti-drug addiction strategies.</p>anti-drug policyMoscowdrug addictiondrug uselaw enforcement agenciespsychoactive substancesmortalityантинаркотическая политикаМоскванаркоманияпотребление наркотиковправоохранительные органыпсихоактивные веществасмертность1.Semyonova V.G., Ivanova A.E., Sabgaida T.P., Evdokushkina G.N., Tarasov N.A. Drug-related losses of the working-age population of Moscow: official levels and real scale. City HealthCareJ. [Zdorov'e megapolisa]. 2020;(1,2):38—52. (In Russian). doi: 10.47619/2713 2617.zm.2020.v1i2;38—52.2.3.Semenova V.G., Ivanova A.E., Zubko A.V., Sabgayda T.P., Zaporozhchenko V.G., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilova N.S. Risk factors of youth mortality growth and peculiarities of their accounting in Moscow. Zdravookhr Ross Fed. [Zdravookhranenie Rossiyskoy Federatsii]. 2019;63(6):322—330. (In Russian). doi: 10.18821/0044-197X-2019-63-6-322-330.4.5.Semyonova V.G., Ivanova A.E., Sabgayda T.P., Evdokushkina G.N., Zaporozhchenko V.G. The first year of the pandemic: social response in the context of causes of death. Zdravookhr Ross Fed. [Zdravookhranenie Rossiyskoy Federatsii]. 2022;66(2):93—100. (In Russian). doi: 10.47470/0044-197X-2022-66-2-93-100.6.7.Belova Yu.Yu., Korotkov P.A., Fadeeva I.M. Risk Factors for Drug Addiction (the Case of Mordovia Republic). Sotsiol Issled. [Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya]. 2022;(11):149—153. (In Russian). doi:10.31857/S013216250023037-3.8.9.Boyarkina S.I., Khodorenko D.K. Societal determinants of HIV-infection spread in regions in the Russian Federation. Health Risk Analysis. [Analiz riska zdorov'yu]. 2021;(3):118—128. (In Russian). doi: 10.21668/health.risk/2021.3.11.10.11.Zotov P.B., Bokhan N.A., Khokhlov M.S., Petrov I.M., Skryabin E.G., Zotov aO.P., Petrov V.G. Suicidal actions of drug addicts: questions of system identification and accounting. Suicidology. [Suitsidologiya]. 2019;10.1(34):91—104. (In Russian).