HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Counter-narcotics officials say about 75,000 people, including 5,000 women, are addicted to several kinds of drugs in western Herat province.
However, no fresh survey has been conducted recently in order to determine the exact number of drug addicts in the province.
A survey conducted a few years ago by the anti-narcotics department and supporting institutions estimates there are nearly 75,000 addicts in the province.
Migration, poverty, human trafficking, unemployment, economic crisis and social problems are cited among the main factors for youth slipping into addiction.
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