Drug Addiction Rampant on Kabul Streets

Drug addiction rampant on Kabul streets – Afghanistan grows 90% of the world’s opium and has a drug problem, with only a few trying to help. Anna Coren reports.

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SRI ANANDPUR SAHIB: Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and President of Shiromani Akali Dal, Sukhbir Singh Badal said that in order to check the menace of drug addiction in the state, the SAD-BJP government has adopted zero tolerance policies towards …
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Brothers overcome drug abuse, look to join school

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Alarmed at rate at which drug abuse is gaining popularity among children of the tricity, Savita Malhotra, the head of the psychiatry department and drug de-addiction centre at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), says: …
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Vt. House OKs package to fight drug abuse

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Require doctors who prescribe narcotic painkillers to register with a prescription drug database maintained by the state Health Department and to check the database when they suspect a patient might be abusing painkillers or diverting the drugs to others.
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Common Barriers to Beating Drug Addiction

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Overcoming any form of drug addiction is never easy. Addictions have the potential to take control of a person's life. It can even go so fast that drug use seems necessary for mere survival. As dark and difficult as drug use can be, many former users …
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