Afghanistan’s growing number of child drug addicts

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Afghanistan’s growing number of child drug addicts
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, February 11, 2013 4:09 EST

They play badminton, kick a ball around and huddle over computer games just like normal children.

Except that they are recovering drug addicts aged around three to 12, representing a growing proportion of drug users in war-torn Afghanistan.

In response, increasing numbers of rehabilitation centers are weaning such children off their addiction and giving them a new appetite for life in a country that produces 90 percent of the world’s opium used to make heroin.

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According to the UNODC, the number of drug users in Afghanistan grew by 53 percent from 2005 to 2010.