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| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | War on Drugs

Afghanistan. Opium use booms in Afghanistan, creating a ‘silent tsunami’ of addicted women

Drug addiction in Afghanistan, once mostly limited to men who spent years as laborers or war refugees in Iran, has exploded into a nationwide scourge that affects millions of people, including a growing number of women and children. (Washington Post, 19.06.2017)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/opium-use-booms-in-afghanistan-creating-a-silent-tsunami-of-addicted-women/2017/06/19/6c5b16f2-3985-11e7-a59b-26e0451a96fd_story.html