"The Deadly Beauty" - Detoxification in Afghanistan

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.

The 'Deadly Beauty' is one of the Afghan names for the heroin addiction, a rather new phenomenon in the country, where in the past opium was only cultivated and sold.

The opium is being increasingly processed into heroin inside the country, by illegal shift laboratories. Moreover, the massive overproduction of opium, confirmed by the UNODC for 2009 too, has flooded the Afghan market with very cheap heroin. The lower classes in particular, are very exposed to the drug addiction. Until May 2009, the former Russian cultural centre of Kabul was permanently squatted by around 700 people. That was a safe place where they used to buy and consume their doses, but in awful sanitary conditions.
Now the Russian centre has been cleared and is patrolled by policemen. Most of the addicted have been transferred to the Jangalak center for detoxification, run by a branch of
the Afghan ministry of Sanity mostly with a scarce UN funding. Inside the building there are around 100 patients, that try to get rid of their addiction. Outside, there’s an open space where the patients play volleyball. Even so, the space around the pitch is occupied by other squatters from the Russian center, that are still using drugs.
A much stricter situation can be found in Jalalabad. In a corner of the local hospital, there’s a 4 rooms hospitality for 20 drug addicted. Those men have accepted to remain in custody. They are treated without methadone, just painkillers and cold showers for the cravings. But still the main lever for motivating the patients is religion. After 1 month abstinence, patients are sent back to their family, and then contacted periodically for a year follow up process.

According to unofficial figures, the rate of the relapse among ex patients is around 80%.