Format
News
Original Language

English

Country
Afghanistan
Themes
Keywords
opium
Opioid
women
Afghanistan

Opium Takes over Remote Villages in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is the world’s leading producer of illicit opium. This video takes us to a remote village in northeastern Afghanistan, where families meet for their daily ritual of opium smoking. The women in the video say that the drug is only used for medicinal purposes and are oblivious to the dangers of using opium. They believe that opium works as an alternative for any kind of medicine.