#drug trade
The size of drug trade in Egypt has reached EGP 400 billion, amounting to half the total expenses in the state budget, said Hanan Girgis, Operations Director of the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera). In a phone-in aired on the talk show “Nazra”, Girgis stated that the size of the drug trade has exceeded the budget deficit of the 2014-2015 fiscal year, adding that the rate of drug abuse in Egypt has reached 10.4 percent, which is double the…
