The spatial and time distribution assessment of drug addiction in Kyrgyzstan using GIS

Drug abuse is a problem that affects almost every country in the world, including Kyrgyzstan. In the long term, it has the potential to disrupt competitiveness, weaken national resilience, and slow down a country’s progress. Due to its geographical proximity to Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan has become the main link through which drugs are transited. Gradually, Kyrgyzstan turned from a transit country into a consumer country. The city of Bishkek and the Chui region have the highest rate of drug addicts. The use of geospatial technologies can help the phenomenon of drug abuse by area or space. One of the widely used geospatial technologies is a geographic information system. This study aims to show for mapping areas susceptible to the effects of drugs. It also considers the temporal distribution of the number of drug addicts over the years. The study period is from 2016 to 2020.