Mohammed, a Syrian man who is recovering from drug addiction, walks at the garden of Ibn Rushd psychiatric hospital where he receives treatment at the rehabilitation center, in Damascus, Syria June 25, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

Mohammed, a Syrian man who is recovering from drug addiction, sits at the garden of Ibn Rushd psychiatric hospital where he receives treatment at the rehabilitation center, in Damascus, Syria June 25, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

Mohammed, a Syrian man who is recovering from drug addiction, attends an interview with Reuters, as he sits at the garden of Ibn Rushd psychiatric hospital where he receives treatment at the rehabilitation center, in Damascus, Syria June 25, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

A recovering drug addict leaves after a group counselling for drug addicts in Incheon, South Korea, April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon 

Choi Jin-mook, 48, Chief Director of Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Centre (DARC) and visiting professor of Department of Addiction Rehabilitation and Social Welfare at Eulji University, listens to a recovering drug addict during a group counselling for drug addicts in Incheon, South Korea, April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon 

Choi Jin-mook, 48, Chief Director of Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Centre (DARC) and visiting professor of Department of Addiction Rehabilitation and Social Welfare at Eulji University, listens to a recovering drug addict during a group counselling for drug addicts in Incheon, South Korea, April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon 

Lee Dong-jae, 22, a recovering drug addict, works in Incheon, South Korea, April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon 

Recovering drug addicts attend a group counselling for drug addicts in Incheon, South Korea, April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon 

Lee Dong-jae, 22, a recovering drug addict, speaks during an interview after a group counselling for drug addicts in Incheon, South Korea, April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon 

Afghan drug addicts smoke heroin in a dry part of a river in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

An Afghan drug addict sleeps in a dry part of a river in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

Children who were taken away from families struggling with alcoholism, drug addiction and domestic violence draw and play in a state shelter for children in Lviv, Ukraine March 25, 2022. Some of the children were evacuated to the relative safety of Lviv from another child care centre in the east amid the Russian invasion. Picture taken March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 

Children who were taken away from families struggling with alcoholism, drug addiction and domestic violence draw and play in a state shelter for children in Lviv, Ukraine March 25, 2022. Some of the children were evacuated to the relative safety of Lviv from another child care centre in the east amid the Russian invasion. Picture taken March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 

Canadian Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett speaks beside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a visit to a supervised consumption site in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Nick Iwanyshyn 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett visit a supervised consumption site in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Nick Iwanyshyn 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett, and Arif Virani, member of parliament for Parkdale-High Park, visit a supervised consumption site in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Nick Iwanyshyn 

Sergeant Ryan Carr of poses for a portrait inside the training room at the Dennis police department in Dennis, Massachusetts, U.S., February 18, 2022. Carr belives that the typical 4mg doses of narcan to save lives of those who have overdosed along Cape Cod might increase to 6mg or 8mg in the future as opioids and addiction becomes stronger. "We actively try to reduce stigma – we try to show that people do not choose to wake up and need a drug fix…they don’t want this. They need help", Carr said of the opiod epidemic. Picture taken February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

A Taliban fighter stands in front of drug users at Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

A Taliban fighter stands in front of drug users at Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

Drug users sit at Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

Drug users sit on the ground at Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

A hospital employee shaves the head a drug user at Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

A member of the hospital staff feeds the drug addicts at Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

Drug users sit at Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

General view of Avicenna Medical Hospital where drug users are treated in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

Drug users wait outside the dinning room's door of Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

A drug user sits on the ground at Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Drug users rest in the detoxification ward at the Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

Drug users sit on the ground at Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

A drug user rests in the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

General view of Avicenna Medical Hospital where drug users are treated in Kabul, Afghanistan December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara 

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen announces that Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription opioid OxyContin during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Pool 

Acting Assistant U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Clark speaks next to Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen at a news conference, where they announced that Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription opioid OxyContin, at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Pool 

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen removes his face mask as he announces that Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription opioid OxyContin during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Pool 

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen announces that Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription opioid OxyContin during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Pool 

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen announces that Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription opioid OxyContin during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Pool 

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen announces that Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription opioid OxyContin during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Pool 

A woman demonstrates how the mySafe narcotic dispensing machine uses a palm-print ID at the Overdose Prevention Society as the local health unit has begun prescribing a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to entice addicts and homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

General view of a homeless encampment at Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park as the local health unit has started prescribing a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to entice addicts and homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

People gather along East Hastings Street as the local health unit has begun prescribing a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

People gather along East Hastings street as the local health unit has started prescribing a "safe supply" of opioid alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to entice addicts and homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

Chrissy McMullin displays her "safe supply" of opioid alternative Dilaudid, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

Chrissy Mullins obtained a "safe supply" of opioid alternatives, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

People sit ner a homeless encampment at Oppenheimer Park as the local health unit has started prescribing a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

A man injects street drugs in an alley in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as the local health unit has begun prescribing a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to help support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

A woman wearing a protective mask walks through an alley in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as the local health unit has begun prescribing a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

Brent Marriott (left) obtained a "safe supply" of opioid alternatives, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

Chrissy McMullin, who is reliant on opioid drugs, poses for a portrait in Vancouver's Crabb Park as the local health unit has begun prescribing a "safe supply" of opioid alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to help support addicts like McMullin in practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

Angel Gates waits in her single room occupancy apartment for a call from the local health unit, hoping to obtain a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives being prescribed to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to entice addicts and homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

An intravenous (IV) drug user fills a syringe with street drugs in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as the local health unit has started providing a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to help support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

An ambulance drives through downtown Vancouver as the local health unit has started prescribing a "safe supply" of opioid alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

A front line worker from Portland Hotel Society healthcare checks on clients waiting to obtain a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to help supports addicts and homeless in practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

Angel Gates (centre) waits in line outside a local health clinic hoping to obtain a "safe supply" of stimulant drugs, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to help support addicts and the homeless in practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

The mySafe narcotic dispensing machine is seen at the Overdose Prevention Society as Vancouver's local health unit has begun prescribing a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to entice addicts and homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

A fentanyl user displays a "safe supply" of opioid alternatives, including morphine pills, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

A fentanyl user displays a "safe supply" of opioid alternatives, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless in practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

Peer support worker Thomus Donaghy adjusts his protective mask outside the Molson Overdose prevention site as the local health unit has begun prescribing a "safe supply" of narcotic alternatives to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 7, 2020. Picture taken April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter 

A recovered drug addict reads the Bible before being released from the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, in Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, Philippines December 9, 2019. Picture taken December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Packages of seized drugs are pictured at the Bolivian police headquarters after operations against drug trafficking in La Paz, Bolivia January 23, 2020. REUTERS/David Mercado 

People have meals during a charity event to distribute food among lower-income citizens in a cathedral compound in Stavropol, Russia December 13, 2019. The event was organized by clergymen and social activists as the food was cooked by volunteers including former drug and alcohol addicts. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko