FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Officials in northeastern Badakhshan province have expressed concern over the growing number of drug addicts and linked the surge to easy access to narcotics in the province.
Dr. Nawshin Gahar Karimi, deputy head of the Public Health Department, during exclusive interview told Pajhwok Afghan News the lack of control and increase in the number of drug sellers helped promote the addiction.
However, around 500 drug addicts were being treated annually but 90 percent of them returned to their old habit after three months of rehabilitation . . .
