Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's female addicts

Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's female addicts Kabul: Anita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked lips from years of smoking opium, and touched her saggy belly, still round from giving birth to her seventh child a month ago. "I can't give breast milk to my baby," said the 32-year-old Anita, who like other women interviewed for this story, declined to give her full name. "I'm scared he'll get addicted." She was...
10:19 AM, Apr 01, 2012

37 killed in fire at Kazakh drug rehab clinic

37 killed in fire at Kazakh drug rehab clinic Patients tried to escape through barred windows, officials said. ...
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Fighting drug demon, the positive way

Fighting drug demon, the positive way A former drug addict recounts his ordeal, says there's still hope. ...
10:21 PM, Nov 20, 2008
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