Afghan Drug Crisis

 

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"The entire region is addicted, whole villages. If you take off your shoes, the addicts will steal them."

ARBAH SHAHABUDDIN, an elder in Islam Qala, on drug use in Afghanistan.

World

That Other Big Afghan Crisis, the Growing Army of Addicts

By AZAM AHMED

A new report underscores a growing crisis in the city of Herat: one in every five households contains at least one drug user.

Source:  http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2013/11/03/todaysheadlines/index.html