Afghanistan struggles to treat drug addicts

Afghanistan struggles to treat drug addicts

An estimated 8 percent of people in Afghanistan suffer from drug addiction – and increasingly, many are children. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says that half of the parents who use drugs in Afghanistan also give them to their children. With a crumbling economy and insufficient aid - rehabilitation centres are now running out of the medicines they need to treat them. Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid reports from Kabul. Follow us on Twitter:   / ajenglish   Find us on Facebook:   / aljazeera   Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Afghanistan #AfghanistanDrugAddictionCrisis #DrugAddiction