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The Greek Cypriot daily Haravgi reported that 4% of Greek Cypriot soldiers in the Greek Cypriot National Guard had tried drugs at least once and although a detailed investigation had not been carried out within the army on this issue, the Chief Doctor Hr. Kiprianu stated that 2% of the soldiers were drug addicts and between 3-4% had tried drugs at least once.

The daily also drew attention to remarks made by the Commander of the Greek Cypriot National Guard, Lieutenant General Athanasios to the effect that they were worried about the drugs problem and were doing their best to overcome this problem. Athanasios pointed out that because of this serious problem, for the first time this year they were organizing a drugs week between 21-26 November 2005.