Kabul Clinic Offers Rare Shot at Hope for Afghanistan's Rising Drug Addict …

Kabul clinic offers rare shot at hope for Afghanistan's rising drug addict …
Earlier this year, the U.N. drug and crime agency chief Yury Fedotov described the rapid rise of drug addiction in Afghanistan as a “national tragedy” in a country that is the world's largest producer of opium, the raw form of heroin. Efforts to cut …
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Heroin epidemic not skin deep
But law enforcement and health-care experts say demand for heroin is surging because an explosion in prescription painkillers such as Percocet, Vicodin, OxyContin and oxycodone has primed Coloradans for opiate dependency. Downs said new regulations …
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