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Paula Bronstein
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Second Place
Paula Bronstein
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"LIFE WITH HEROIN"

Drug addicts stoned out on Heroin sleep in the shelter area provided for the homeless at the Kabul Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center September 26, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Since the center opened in May 2009 it has rehabilitated over 400 addicts in it's 100 bed facility with temporary funding from International Organization of Migration (IOM) and help from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). The program lasts for 45 days combining both detox and rehabilitation. The center houses the 2 leading organizations that offer detox programs, Wadan and Nejat. A US Department of State report 2009 states that there are an estimated two million drug users in the country with atleast 50-60,000 drug addicts in Kabul alone.

 

 

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