Pakistan Faces Increased Drug Use, AIDS

According to a comprehensive United Nations survey on drug use in Pakistan, some 6.7 million people, or 6 percent of the population, used drugs at least once in 2013. The use of illicit drugs is affecting the South Asian nation. Drug use is on the rise in Pakistan. And it's not just heroin addicts. Pakistanis of all ages are using everything from hashish to tranquilizers to opiates, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The UNODC's Cesar Guedes said drug...

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