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Panacea for pain
thestar.com.my May 12, 2008
Jobless and impoverished, Afghans turn to drugs to forget their troubles. ... JAM Bigum, a drug addict in Afghanistan’s impoverished northern province of Badakhshan, feeds her three-month-old son opium three times a day to keep him quiet. Naik Bakhat, a 35-year-old...
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What is this article about?
- Terrorist Organizations & Leaders,
- Central Asia Terrorist Groups,
- Crime,
- War, Terrorism & Civil Disorder,
- Terrorism,
- Agriculture & Forestry,
- Mental Health & Behavior,
- Addiction,
- Agriculture,
- Demographics,
- Pain,
- Drug Crimes,
- Drug Abuse,
- Social Problems
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