06 May 2009

Afghanistan


Photo: Lynsey Addario for The New York Times
NYTimes:
A man suffering from withdrawal symptoms inside [a detox] center in Kabul. A United Nations survey taken four years ago revealed 200,000 opium and heroin addicts in Afghanistan's population of about 35 million. A new study, to be completed in the summer, is expected to show even more. Kabul contains a handful of drug treatment clinics, but they have nowhere near the capacity to treat the number of people in need.

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