Russian State Duma fights drugs with art

[Kshasty]

An anti-drugs art exhibition displaying wax figures of well-known drug addicts, opened in the lower house of the Russian parliament (State Duma) on Wednesday.

The Reflection of Addiction exhibition contains wax figures of celebrities whose lives were severely affected by drug use, including Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Queen Lead Singer Freddie Mercury and Mark Chapman, who killed John Lennon in 1980.

Damaged organs, preserved in formaldehyde, taken from the dead bodies of former drug addicts are also on display at the exhibition.

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