“Rural life in Hungary flowed quietly until a year ago, when a wildfire epidemic reared its head with the appearance of dodgy designer drugs which were even cheaper than alcohol, so their consumption soared,” Orbán said.
He said trafficking in such drugs was “poisoning people for profit”, adding that the phenomenon mainly hit poor families, “devouring the future of children from poor families”.
In the past few months, the government has appointed a commissioner and freed up billions of forints.
“We launched a great number of operations, 3,500 criminal procedures, seized more than half a ton of drugs, HUF 250 million [EUR 620,000] in cash, and goods worth hundreds of millions of forints.”
“This network was built up fast, and it must be crushed with the full force of the state and using all the means at its disposal,” he said.
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