Opiate Addiction Reaches Epidemic Proportions in Afghanistan

Opiate Addiction Reaches Epidemic Proportions in Afghanistan
The world’s largest exporter of raw opium for heroin joins Iran and Russia as the world’s biggest consumers of the drug per capita. Addiction in Iran ranges from 1.5 percent to 3.2 percent of the population, while Russia averages 1.64 percent of its population. The global average is 0.3 percent.
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Brand: ‘I smuggled drugs up my bum’
Russell Brand admits that he once carried heroin aboard a flight to Spain.
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Marketing heroin on the mean streets
Branded stamps and empty paper packets emblazoned with tiny pictures tell a story of how drugs are promoted, bought and sold in New York.
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