JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A number of rehabilitated drug addicts have resumed consuming narcotics due to poverty and easy access to drugs in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday.
Officials at the 150 bed hospital for drug addicts in Jalalabad, the provincial capital, say nearly 100 addicts were rehabilitated each month in the province, but half of them returned to the habit.
Some drug addicts claim poor economic situation and easy access to drugs forced them to make a beeline to drugs.
Currently, Nangarhar has three rehabilitation centres --150 -bed, 50-bed for
