Afghanistan. Treating Drug Users in Afghanistan: How to respond to a massive problem?
Afghanistan. Treating Drug Users in Afghanistan: How to respond to a massive problem?
Afghanistan was, until recently, famously, the largest cultivator of illegal opiates in the world. Less well-known is that it is among the countries with the highest prevalence rates of drug use. In April 2022, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) banned poppy cultivation and subsequently, in January 2023, its supreme leader issued an order saying that prevention of drug use was the duty of the Islamic system and that “governors of all provinces should take necessary action” to prevent people for this harm. Most recently, on 1 July 2024, the IEA formed a counter-narcotics commission that will deal, among other issues, with the treatment of drug users. AAN’s Rohullah Sorush and Jelena Bjelica consider the massive scale of Afghanistan’s drug use problem, Emirate policies and the impact of the typically rough approach to drug rehabilitation treatments offered by the state. (Afghanistan Analysts Network, Deutschland, 25.08.2024)
https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/rights-freedom/treating-drug-users-in-afghanistan-how-to-respond-to-a-massive-problem/