Afghanistan: Drowning into the hell of heroin
It is no surprise to hear that a country which has often been entitled as the world’s largest opium producer, today, has it holds the highest number of addicts. Afghanistan is not only at the brink of...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s Fatal Injections
From 2005 to 2009, the use of opiates doubled, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, putting Afghanistan on par with Russia and Iran, and the number of heroin users jumped more...
View ArticleAfghanistan inhaling its own smoke
A U.S. Department of State report in 2009 estimated there are two million drug users in the country with at least 50-60,000 drug addicts in Kabul alone. Curbing the cultivation of opium poppies, which...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s drug addicts
As opium production increases despite billions spent to stop it, Afghanistan’s addicts are also on the rise. “A report released Wednesday by Washington’s Afghanistan war watchdog has found that the...
View ArticleThe awful cost of heroin dependence in Afghanistan
A study published last week adds to a growing body of research showing that Afghanistan also has a high rate of drug usage — about 5.1 percent, or 1 in 20 people. Opioids and cannabis were the most...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s drug addiction: a growing burden
Afghanistan is the world’s largest producer and cultivator of opium poppies; it produces almost three quarters of the world’s illicit opium. While a significant amount of the opium produced in...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s opium production peaks
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released a report today that United States has spent approximately $7.6 billion on counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan....
View ArticleAfghanistan’s Drug addicts: A Sore Wound
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released a report today that United States has spent approximately $7.6 billion on counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan....
View ArticleInhale Heroin And Slow Kill
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released a report today that United States has spent approximately $7.6 billion on counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan....
View ArticleDrug Addiction: The Afghanistan’s Never Ending Affliction
Heroin addiction is increasing with alarming speed across Afghanistan, according to the Washington Post. Earlier, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released a...
View ArticleThe Hell of Opiate
In 2009, a U.S. Department of State report estimated that there are two million drug users in Afghanistan with at least 50-60,000 drug addicts in Kabul alone. A report that was published in November...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Drowning into the hell of heroin
It is no surprise to hear that a country which has often been entitled as the world’s largest opium producer, today, has it holds the highest number of addicts. Afghanistan is not only at the brink of...
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