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Afghanistan. Meth boom adds to Afghanistan''s opium and heroin woes

Afghanistan. Meth boom adds to Afghanistan''s opium and heroin woes

Kabul. At a sprawling rehabilitation centre on the outskirts of Kabul, dozens of dazed-looking drug addicts clamber out of police buses and shuffle toward the facility. 

The men, arrested on the streets of the Afghan capital, have been sent to a compulsory detox programme established to tackle an explosion in the use and production of highly addictive methamphetamine. 

Almost unheard of in Afghanistan until a few years ago, meth''s sudden appearance has blindsided authorities in a country already suffering from a crisis in opium and heroin addiction. (Outlook, Indian, 19.12.2019)

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/meth-boom-adds-to-afghanistans-opium-and-heroin-woes/1689489