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"Drug addiction has long been a problem in Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer of opium and heroin, and now a major source of meth. The drug use has been fuelled by persistent poverty and decades of war that have left few families unscarred. 

It appears to be getting worse since the collapse of the country's economy after the seizure of power by the Taliban in August 2021, and the subsequent halt of international financing. Families once able to get by have found their livelihoods cut off, leaving many barely able to afford food. Millions have joined the ranks of the impoverished. 

Drug users can be found around Kabul, living in parks and sewage drains, under bridges and on open hillsides." 

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