Afghanistan: Opium Abuse Among Women and Children

In this July 13, 2009 photo, Sarab village resident and opium addict Islam Beg, center, heats up a few grams of opium during an early morning smoke in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. “I don’t have a life. I don’t have anything. It’s finished. Everything was spent on opium,” said Beg, whose family members are also addicted. In dozens of mountain hamlets in this remote corner of Afghanistan, opium addiction has become so entrenched that whole families _ from toddlers to old men _ are addicts. Julie Jacobson – Rukmini Callimachi AP. Ave Maria by Celtic Woman.