Pakistan
With their opium farms destroyed, debt-ridden farmers sell their daughters to drug traffickers. MORE
Consuming locally manufactured cough syrup for a cheap high has tragic consequences in one Pakistani city. MORE
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran will step up their joint efforts to combat drug trafficking and addiction. MORE
The country's drug problem is expected to worsen when troops leave neighboring Afghanistan. MORE
Mexico's president says an end to the drug trade is "impossible," drug smugglers in India and Pakistan use cement bags, and smoking may cause mental decline. MORE
He says that the heroin trade was first created as a "war weapon," and that Pakistan is no longer an opium producer (though it remains a transit hub). MORE
An Australian pundit claims smoking is healthier than gay marriage, a GOP Super PAC video calls Joe Biden a "drunk uncle," and Jamie Lee Curtis talks sobriety. MORE
Army and miltia fighting is causing many anxious Pakistanis to turn to hash—despite the high cost. MORE
Heroin addicts in Pakistan have no treatment options, synthetic drugs now show up on drug tests, and recovery pioneer Dr. James West dies at 98. MORE
Oxycodone crackdown drives Florida addicts to other drugs, it's "raining heroin" on India's border with Pakistan, and Snoop Dogg gets banned from Norway. MORE
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