opium

Afghan women and children use palliative opium

Women and children in rural areas of Afghanistan consume opium on a regular basis to cure their illnesses. The women say they believe opium has curative powers. The journalist however contests that they are oblivious of the real dangers connected to smoking opium.

Opium smoker in Laos

A short film detailing the opium career of a Laotian addict, from its tragically motivated inception to her equally sad desperation at being trapped within her addiction.

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A death warrant for Pakistan's drug users

Like in many Asian countries, the issue of opiate use has been prevalent in Pakistan for decades. The causes of opiate addiction in Pakistan are the same as throughout the world with poverty, lack of education and a lack of employment being the central causes. However, whereas in many developed countries their are state provided treatments and counselling as well as charity provided in support, in regions of Pakistan, such as Punjab, these services are provided by a single NGO.

Limehouse nights

This is a story about ‘An Other Story’. A story within a story. Inspired by the history of Chinese immigration to London, a very talented and interesting friend of mine, James Yeatman, wrote and directed the exhilarating Limehouse Nights, an unflinching examination of race-related drug issues in 1918 Limehouse now playing in East London. I am no trained theatre critic, so this is not a review, nor is it a shameless sales-pitch, simply a referenced reason that forms the inspiration behind this series of thoughts.

Poppies for Medicine: A project to save Afghanistan

Poppies for medic

US Marines seize the tools of Afghanistan's poorest

In the Washington Post today:

Marines try unorthodox tactics to disrupt Afghan opium harvest

Afghans lead in hashish production

Afghanistan is known as the world's leading producer of opium. What you probably didn't know is that the Afghans have also taken the lead in hashish production.

Rising drug use in Afghanistan

Most of the British public know that the majority of the world’s heroin comes from Afghanistan.

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Opium cultivation rises in Myanmar

Opium cultivation in Myanmar's northern Shan state has increased dramatically in the past two years, according to a report issued this week by a Thailand-based rights group.

Afghani women addicted to heroin

The first ever drug rehabilitation clinic for women has been opened in Afghanistan to help women and young girls who have become opium and heroine addicts.

‘You have no pain when u smoke it’ is what a woman says, whilst a 12 year old girl, already an addict, declares to have started when she was little, smoking what her mother left after she had smoked in the first place. According to the video there are 920,000 drug addicts in Afghanistan, 13 % of which are women (7% of these are girls under 16 years of age).

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