Drug addicts segregate themselves from Afghan society

01/05

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Drug use has rapidly increased in the war ravaged country, it is a way of escaping harsh realities or the death of loved ones. The addicts are still despised of in society so they choose to group together in one area, they live in the bombed out ruins of Soviet built apartment blocks known as the 'Cultural Centre'. Iran decided to expel all ex-patriot drug addicts to Afghanistan, which is why the numbers have soared recently. Photo 1: Due to lack of money to buy syringes, addicts smoke heroin Photo 2: A youth returning from the bakers, standing by the corpe of an overdosed addict Photo 3: One of the estimated 300 addicts living in the Cultural Centre Photo 4: Youth stands behind the centres security fence Photo 5: Their territory, a gang.

02/05

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Drug use has rapidly increased in the war ravaged country, it is a way of escaping harsh realities or the death of loved ones. The addicts are still despised of in society so they choose to group together in one area, they live in the bombed out ruins of Soviet built apartment blocks known as the 'Cultural Centre'. Iran decided to expel all ex-patriot drug addicts to Afghanistan, which is why the numbers have soared recently. Photo 1: Due to lack of money to buy syringes, addicts smoke heroin Photo 2: A youth returning from the bakers, standing by the corpe of an overdosed addict Photo 3: One of the estimated 300 addicts living in the Cultural Centre Photo 4: Youth stands behind the centres security fence Photo 5: Their territory, a gang.

03/05

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Drug use has rapidly increased in the war ravaged country, it is a way of escaping harsh realities or the death of loved ones. The addicts are still despised of in society so they choose to group together in one area, they live in the bombed out ruins of Soviet built apartment blocks known as the 'Cultural Centre'. Iran decided to expel all ex-patriot drug addicts to Afghanistan, which is why the numbers have soared recently. Photo 1: Due to lack of money to buy syringes, addicts smoke heroin Photo 2: A youth returning from the bakers, standing by the corpe of an overdosed addict Photo 3: One of the estimated 300 addicts living in the Cultural Centre Photo 4: Youth stands behind the centres security fence Photo 5: Their territory, a gang.

04/05

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Drug use has rapidly increased in the war ravaged country, it is a way of escaping harsh realities or the death of loved ones. The addicts are still despised of in society so they choose to group together in one area, they live in the bombed out ruins of Soviet built apartment blocks known as the 'Cultural Centre'. Iran decided to expel all ex-patriot drug addicts to Afghanistan, which is why the numbers have soared recently. Photo 1: Due to lack of money to buy syringes, addicts smoke heroin Photo 2: A youth returning from the bakers, standing by the corpe of an overdosed addict Photo 3: One of the estimated 300 addicts living in the Cultural Centre Photo 4: Youth stands behind the centres security fence Photo 5: Their territory, a gang.

05/05

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Drug use has rapidly increased in the war ravaged country, it is a way of escaping harsh realities or the death of loved ones. The addicts are still despised of in society so they choose to group together in one area, they live in the bombed out ruins of Soviet built apartment blocks known as the 'Cultural Centre'. Iran decided to expel all ex-patriot drug addicts to Afghanistan, which is why the numbers have soared recently. Photo 1: Due to lack of money to buy syringes, addicts smoke heroin Photo 2: A youth returning from the bakers, standing by the corpe of an overdosed addict Photo 3: One of the estimated 300 addicts living in the Cultural Centre Photo 4: Youth stands behind the centres security fence Photo 5: Their territory, a gang.