Pakistan: Half-Million Hard-Core Heroin Addicts And Counting...

While Pakistanis abuse a vast cornucopia of drugs, including cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines, the U.N. estimated that there are at least 500,000 hard-core heroin addicts in the country -- a direct result of the fact that "Pakistan is particularly vulnerable to the trafficking of Afghan opiates and this poses a burden on public health, criminal ... (more)