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 

Training equipments are seen at a spinal cord injury rehabilitation centre in Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "SPINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A Philippine army soldier walks outside of a drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation center which was inaugurated inside the military headquarters in Fort Magsaysay, in the Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, Philippines November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

Philippine army soldiers walk outside of a drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation center which was inaugurated inside the military headquarters in Fort Magsaysay, in the Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, Philippines November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

The soaring popularity of methamphetamine - a cheap and highly addictive drug ÐÊ is overburdening health services and tearing families and communities apart in Southeast Asia, driving many countries to adopt hardline policies to fight the surge in narcotics use. Around 700,000 drug users and pushers registered with authorities in a process termed "surrendering". There are few programs or facilities to help them. Local governments and private centres are trying to plug the gaps. Private rehabilitation can range from support groups led by clergy in the predominately Catholic nation, to costly treatment programs that charge hundreds of dollars a month, putting them out of reach for most Filipinos. REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "DRUG REHAB" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/REHABILITATION 

Drug users who call themselves "Recovering Champions" are hosed with water as part of their weekend drug rehabilitation program organised by the government of San Fernando, La Union, in northern Philippines, September 24, 2016. The soaring popularity of methamphetamine - a cheap and highly addictive drug Ð is overburdening health services and tearing families and communities apart in Southeast Asia, driving many countries to adopt hardline policies to fight the surge in narcotics use. Around 700,000 drug users and pushers registered with authorities in a process termed "surrendering". REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "DRUG REHAB" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

Drug users exercise at Central Luzon Drug Rehabilitation Center in Pampanga province, in northern Philippines, October 1, 2016. The soaring popularity of methamphetamine - a cheap and highly addictive drug Ð is overburdening health services and tearing families and communities apart in Southeast Asia, driving many countries to adopt hardline policies to fight the surge in narcotics use. REUTERS/Erik De Castro SEARCH "DRUG REHAB" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Arrowhead prison convict Robert G. (R) makes his case why he should be accepted into Peer 1 at a meeting with Peer 1 staff at the prison in Canon City, Colorado September 24, 2014. With him are (L to R) Raymond A., who was accepted into Peer 1; an unidentified man with head down; “Luckyâ€?, who is still in prison; Steve P. who was accepted into Peer 1. Robert G. has 11 felony convictions for drug-related crimes and has been in and out of prison or rehab over the last 25 years. Robert G. was accepted into Peer 1. Peer 1 is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation programme for men, many having spent years in and out of prison, in Denver, Colorado. The men have often tried and failed over and over to turn their life around. With histories of abuse as children and living on the streets, they come to Peer 1 hoping to turn away from addiction and crime, to rebuild their lives and learn how to integrate into society. Treatment includes family group therapy, meditation and trust-building exercises. REUTERS/Rick WilkingPICTURE 1 OF 26 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "PEER 1: PRISON, DEATH OR RECOVERY". SEARCH "PEER WILKING" FOR ALL IMAGES 

Brian P., just arrived from Arrowhead prison, gets a word from Peer 1 director Ken Gaipa (L) as he arrives to begin his two-year programme, the second time he has been through Peer 1, in Denver, Colorado March 25, 2015. Peer 1 is a Therapeutic Community – also known as a TC. Terry Keahey (C), a former Peer 1 client who has gone through the programme four times, now works there as a client care aide. Peer 1 is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation programme for men, many having spent years in and out of prison, in Denver, Colorado. The men have often tried and failed over and over to turn their life around. With histories of abuse as children and living on the streets, they come to Peer 1 hoping to turn away from addiction and crime, to rebuild their lives and learn how to integrate into society. Treatment includes family group therapy, meditation and trust-building exercises. REUTERS/Rick WilkingPICTURE 4 OF 26 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "PEER 1: PRISON, DEATH OR RECOVERY". SEARCH "PEER WILKING" FOR ALL IMAGES 

A councillor (L) talks to drug addicts in a classroom at the Bangladesh Rehabilitation and Assistance Centre for Addicts (BARACA) in Dhaka September 12, 2015. Last year, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) billed the abuse of medicines containing narcotics and their smuggling from India among the "greatest drug-related challenges" facing South Asia. About 83,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrups were seized in India in the six months through March. In meetings with companies, Indian regulators called the "menace of abuse" a "growing concern". Abuse is particularly common in Bangladesh. At a treatment centre in the capital Dhaka, tales abound of ruined careers and family struggles. Picture taken September 12, 2015. To match Exclusive INDIA-PHARMA/CODEINE REUTERS/Ashikur Rahman 

Drug addicts sit together as they eat lunch at the Bangladesh Rehabilitation and Assistance Centre for Addicts (BARACA) in Dhaka September 12, 2015. Last year, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) billed the abuse of medicines containing narcotics and their smuggling from India among the "greatest drug-related challenges" facing South Asia. About 83,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrups were seized in India in the six months through March. In meetings with companies, Indian regulators called the "menace of abuse" a "growing concern". Abuse is particularly common in Bangladesh. At a treatment centre in the capital Dhaka, tales abound of ruined careers and family struggles. Picture taken September 12, 2015. To match Exclusive INDIA-PHARMA/CODEINE REUTERS/Ashikur Rahman 

Patients undergoing a rehabilitation program draw during a therapy session at the Sopi Jikko centre in Dakar June 6, 2014. Sopi Jikko, located on the outskirts of Senegal's seaside capital Dakar, is a rehabilitation centre for people with mental health and drug addiction problems. Picture taken June 6, 2014. REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui (SENEGAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) 

Fode, a 26-year-old man undergoing rehabilitation, receives his medication at the Sopi Jikko centre in Dakar June 6, 2014. Sopi Jikko, located on the outskirts of Senegal's seaside capital Dakar, is a rehabilitation centre for people with mental health and drug addiction problems. Picture taken June 6, 2014. REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui (SENEGAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) 

A nurse distributes medicine at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. Military-style boot camps, designed to wean young people off their addiction to the internet, number as many as 250 in China alone. Picture taken February 22, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)

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Drugs used to treat teenagers who have been diagnosed with internet addiction and depression are placed on a table at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. Military-style boot camps, designed to wean young people off their addiction to the internet, number as many as 250 in China alone. Picture taken February 22, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)

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A drug addict is shaved after taking a cold shower as part of his treatment at the Nejat rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in Kabul April 20, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY) 

Drug addicts sit after registering their names during a campaign by the Nejat rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in Kabul April 20, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY) 

A drug addict waits to register his name during a campaign by the Nejat rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in Kabul April 20, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY) 

A drug addict takes a cold shower as part of his treatment at the Nejat rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in Kabul April 20, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY) 

A drug addict has his head shaved after taking a cold shower as part of his treatment at the Nejat rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in Kabul April 20, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY) 

22-year-old Errol Samuels from Queens, New York, who lost the use of his legs in 2012 after a roof collapsed onto him at an off-campus house party near where he was attending college in upstate New York, walks with a ReWalk electric powered exoskeletal suit during a therapy session with Alexandra Voigt, a clinical research coordinator and therapist, at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City March 26, 2014. Made by the Israeli company Argo Medical Technologies, ReWalk is a computer controlled device that powers the hips and knees to help those with lower limb disabilities and paralysis to walk upright using crutches. Allan Kozlowski, assistant professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai hospital, where patients like Samuels are enrolled in his clinical trials of the ReWalk and another exoskeleton, the Ekso (Ekso Bionics) hopes machines like these will soon offer victims of paralysis new hope for a dramatically improved quality of life and mobility. The ReWalk is currently only approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in rehabilitation facilities like at Mount Sinai, as they weigh whether to approve the device for home use as it already is in Europe. Picture taken March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HEALTH BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Residents play a ball game as someone washes themselves at "The Light of The World" rehabilitation centre for heroin addicts in Myitkyina, the capital of Myanmar's Kachin state July 6, 2013. The centre, run by The Kachin Baptist Convention offers a 3-month "course" of prayer, Bible study and devotional singing for drug users. There is no methadone at the centre. Myanmar is the world's largest producer of opium after Afghanistan, and use of its derivative heroin is widespread. The centre's popularity is a testament both to the severity of Myanmar's drug problem and the lack of options for users in a poor country where modern treatment programmes are rare. Picture taken July 6, 2013. To match Story MYANMAR-ADDICTS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH RELIGION DRUGS) 

A man lifts weights at the Youth for Christ Centre for heroin addicts near Naung Chein in Myanmar's Kachin state July 5, 2013. Myanmar is the world's second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan and use of its derivative, heroin, is widespread. The centre's popularity is a testament both to the severity of Myanmar's drug problem and the lack of options for users in a poor country where modern treatment programmes are rare. It offers a 40-day "course" of prayer, Bible study and devotional singing, with football and weightlifting for those strong enough. Detox begins in the Special Prayer Room, as the bamboo cell is called. New arrivals are locked in around the clock for seven to ten days. Picture taken July 5, 2013. To match Story MYANMAR-ADDICTS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH RELIGION DRUGS) 

La Aung plays the guitar inside a bamboo cell called the "Special Prayer Room", where he is locked in for his first week at the Youth for Christ Centre for heroin addicts, near Naung Chein in Myanmar's Kachin state July 5, 2013. Myanmar is the world's second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan and use of its derivative, heroin, is widespread. The centre's popularity is a testament both to the severity of Myanmar's drug problem and the lack of options for users in a poor country where modern treatment programmes are rare. It offers a 40-day "course" of prayer, Bible study and devotional singing, with football and weightlifting for those strong enough. Detox begins in the Special Prayer Room, as the bamboo cell is called. New arrivals are locked in around the clock for seven to ten days. Picture taken July 5, 2013. To match Story MYANMAR-ADDICTS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH RELIGION DRUGS) 

Residents pass the time in a bamboo cell called the "Special Prayer Room", where they are locked in for their first week at the Youth for Christ Centre for heroin addicts, near Naung Chein in Myanmar's Kachin state July 5, 2013. Myanmar is the world's second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan and use of its derivative, heroin, is widespread. The centre's popularity is a testament both to the severity of Myanmar's drug problem and the lack of options for users in a poor country where modern treatment programmes are rare. It offers a 40-day "course" of prayer, Bible study and devotional singing, with football and weightlifting for those strong enough. Detox begins in the Special Prayer Room, as the bamboo cell is called. New arrivals are locked in around the clock for seven to ten days. Picture taken July 5, 2013. To match Story MYANMAR-ADDICTS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH DRUGS RELIGION) 

Residents wash themselves at the Youth for Christ Centre for heroin addicts near Naung Chein in Myanmar's Kachin state July 5, 2013. Myanmar is the world's second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan and use of its derivative, heroin, is widespread. The centre's popularity is a testament both to the severity of Myanmar's drug problem and the lack of options for users in a poor country where modern treatment programmes are rare. It offers a 40-day "course" of prayer, Bible study and devotional singing, with football and weightlifting for those strong enough. Detox begins in the Special Prayer Room, as the bamboo cell is called. New arrivals are locked in around the clock for seven to ten days. Picture taken July 5, 2013. To match Story MYANMAR-ADDICTS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH DRUGS RELIGION) 

Tu Nan, a heroin user for over ten years, raises his hands during morning prayers at the Youth for Christ Centre near Naung Chein in Myanmar's Kachin state July 9, 2013. Myanmar is the world's second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan and use of its derivative, heroin, is widespread. The centre's popularity is a testament both to the severity of Myanmar's drug problem and the lack of options for users in a poor country where modern treatment programmes are rare. It offers a 40-day "course" of prayer, Bible study and devotional singing, with football and weightlifting for those strong enough. Picture taken July 9, 2013. To match Story MYANMAR-ADDICTS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH DRUGS RELIGION) 

A resident of "The Light of The World" rehabilitation centre for heroin addicts shows traces on his neck from a traditional healing method for a fever in Myitkyina, the capital of Myanmar's Kachin state July 6, 2013. The centre, run by The Kachin Baptist Convention offers a 3-month "course" of prayer, Bible study and devotional singing for drug users. There is no methadone at the centre. Myanmar is the world's largest producer of opium after Afghanistan, and use of its derivative heroin is widespread. The centre's popularity is a testament both to the severity of Myanmar's drug problem and the lack of options for users in a poor country where modern treatment programmes are rare. Picture taken July 6, 2013. To match Story MYANMAR-ADDICTS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH DRUGS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A police officer (L) teaches a man, who is undergoing treatment for drug addiction and substance abuse, how to make pottery at a rehabilitation centre of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Amman April 2, 2013. Picture taken April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: SOCIETY DRUGS) 

Men undergoing treatment for drug addiction and substance abuse learn to make pottery at a rehabilitation centre of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Amman April 2, 2013. Picture taken April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY) 

A drug addict passes a cigarette to another addict as they rest in a room of the Hope Rehabilitation Centre in Karachi in this September 8, 2011 file photo. To match Special Report PAKISTAN-KINGPIN/ REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS DRUGS SOCIETY) 

A homeless boy takes a shower at Inhijambia Association, a drug rehab center for street children, in Managua June 11, 2012. According to the association, about 500 teenagers addicted to glue wander in the streets of the Oriental Market, considered one of the largest in Central America. Picture taken June 11, 2012. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (NICARAGUA - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY POVERTY) 

A patient attends a relaxation session at the Taipas rehabilitation clinic in Lisbon August 10, 2012.Lisbon's Taipas rehabilitation clinic is one of over 40 such clinics across the country, the result of Portugal's 11-year-old pioneering drugs policy which decriminalised drug use while offering free treatment and state-funded street-work programmes. Picture taken August 10. To match Feature PORTUGAL DRUGS/ REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: SOCIETY DRUGS) 

Patients attend a relaxation session at the Taipas rehabilitation clinic in Lisbon August 10, 2012. Lisbon's Taipas rehabilitation clinic is one of over 40 such clinics across the country, the result of Portugal's 11-year-old pioneering drugs policy which decriminalised drug use while offering free treatment and state-funded street-work programmes. Picture taken August 10. To match Feature PORTUGAL DRUGS/ REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: SOCIETY DRUGS) 

A patient works in a ceramics workshop at the Taipas rehabilitation clinic in Lisbon August 10, 2012. Lisbon's Taipas rehabilitation clinic is one of over 40 such clinics across the country, the result of Portugal's 11-year-old pioneering drugs policy which decriminalised drug use while offering free treatment and state-funded street-work programmes. Picture taken August 10. To match Feature PORTUGAL DRUGS/ REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: SOCIETY DRUGS) 

A patient works in a ceramics workshop at the Taipas rehabilitation clinic in Lisbon August 10, 2012. Lisbon's Taipas rehabilitation clinic is one of over 40 such clinics across the country, the result of Portugal's 11-year-old pioneering drugs policy which decriminalised drug use while offering free treatment and state-funded street-work programmes. Picture taken August 10. To match Feature PORTUGAL DRUGS/ REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: SOCIETY DRUGS) 

Doses of methadone are prepared for distribution to patients at the Taipas rehabilitation clinic in Lisbon August 10, 2012. Lisbon's Taipas rehabilitation clinic is one of over 40 such clinics across the country, the result of Portugal's 11-year-old pioneering drugs policy which decriminalised drug use while offering free treatment and state-funded street-work programmes. Picture taken August 10. To match Feature PORTUGAL DRUGS/ REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: SOCIETY DRUGS) 

A patient drinks his doses of methadone at the Taipas rehabilitation clinic in Lisbon August 10, 2012. Lisbon's Taipas rehabilitation clinic is one of over 40 such clinics across the country, the result of Portugal's 11-year-old pioneering drugs policy which decriminalised drug use while offering free treatment and state-funded street-work programmes. Picture taken August 10. To match Feature PORTUGAL DRUGS/ REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY) 

A patient of "Hogar Betel", a shelter for the rehabilitation of drug addicts and alcoholics, reads the Bible at the shelter in Pococi de Limon, east of San Jose July 5, 2012. The center helps more than a thousand people addicted to drugs and alcohol each year, of which ten percent have been rehabilitated into society on their first attempt and a further ten percent on their second attempt after relapse, according to Joaquin Castillo who founded the shelter 22 years ago. About 30 patients live in the shelter, each for a rehabilitation period of six months. Picture taken July 5, 2012. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate (COSTA RICA - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A patient of "Hogar Betel", a shelter for the rehabilitation of drug addicts and alcoholics, reads the Bible during a therapy session at the shelter in Pococi de Limon, east of San Jose July 5, 2012. The center helps more than a thousand people addicted to drugs and alcohol each year, of which ten percent have been rehabilitated into society on their first attempt and a further ten percent on their second attempt after relapse, according to Joaquin Castillo who founded the shelter 22 years ago. About 30 patients live in the shelter, each for a rehabilitation period of six months. Picture taken July 5, 2012. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate (COSTA RICA - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Patients of "Hogar Betel", a shelter for the rehabilitation of drug addicts and alcoholics, pray during a therapy session at the shelter in Pococi de Limon, east of San Jose July 7, 2012. The center helps more than a thousand people addicted to drugs and alcohol each year, of which ten percent have been rehabilitated into society on their first attempt and a further ten percent on their second attempt after relapse, according to Joaquin Castillo who founded the shelter 22 years ago. About 30 patients live in the shelter, each for a rehabilitation period of six months. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate (COSTA RICA - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Carlos Barrantes, a patient of "Hogar Betel", a shelter for the rehabilitation of drug addicts and alcoholics, prays at the shelter in Pococi de Limon, east of San Jose July 5, 2012. The center reaches out to more than a thousand people addicted to drugs and alcohol each year, of which ten percent have been rehabilitated into society on their first attempt and a further ten percent on their second attempt after relapse, according to Joaquin Castillo who founded the shelter 22 years ago. About 30 drug addicts and alcoholics live in the shelter, each for a rehabilitation period of six months. Picture taken July 5, 2012. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate (COSTA RICA - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY) 

A drug addict takes a dose of methadone at Ar Rahman mosque in Kuala Lumpur April 19, 2012. In Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country where drug addiction is still taboo, drug addicts usually end up being social outcasts until some of them found support from an unlikely source -- the Ar Rahman mosque nestled in the bustling capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Established within it, is a drug-treatment clinic - the world's first to operate in a mosque, according the World Health Organisation. Picture taken April 19, 2012. To match story MALAYSIA-MOSQUE/METHADONE REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY HEALTH RELIGION) 

A drug addict (L) collects methadone at Ar Rahman mosque in Kuala Lumpur April 19, 2012. In Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country where drug addiction is still taboo, drug addicts usually end up being social outcasts until some of them found support from an unlikely source -- the Ar Rahman mosque nestled in the bustling capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Established within it, is a drug-treatment clinic - the world's first to operate in a mosque, according the World Health Organisation. Picture taken April 19, 2012. To match story MALAYSIA-MOSQUE/METHADONE REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY HEALTH RELIGION) 

A drug addict holds her child as she visits the Nejat drug rehabilitation centre, an organisation funded by the United Nations providing harm reduction and HIV/AIDS awareness, in Kabul January 29, 2012. With little funding and no access to substitution drugs such as methadone, treatment is rudimentary at Nejat for a problem that is growing in a dirt-poor country riven by conflicts for more than three decades. Opiate consumption in Afghanistan, where it has long been a medication but in recent years has been used increasingly for recreation, is also on a sharp rise. Nejat estimates around 60,000 women in Afghanistan regularly take illegal drugs, including hashish and marijuana. Shrouded in stigma, female drug users is a topic that is almost never mentioned in Afghanistan. Picture taken January 29, 2012. To match Insight AFGHANISTAN-WOMEN/DRUGS REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY HEALTH) 

An Afghan woman holds up opium as she attends a counseling session at the Nejat drug rehabilitation centre, an organisation funded by the United Nations providing harm reduction and HIV/AIDS awareness, in Kabul January 29, 2012. With little funding and no access to substitution drugs such as methadone, treatment is rudimentary at Nejat for a problem that is growing in a dirt-poor country riven by conflicts for more than three decades. Opiate consumption in Afghanistan, where it has long been a medication but in recent years has been used increasingly for recreation, is also on a sharp rise. Nejat estimates around 60,000 women in Afghanistan regularly take illegal drugs, including hashish and marijuana. Shrouded in stigma, female drug users is a topic that is almost never mentioned in Afghanistan. Picture taken January 29, 2012. To match Insight AFGHANISTAN-WOMEN/DRUGS REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY HEALTH) 

A prison guard is seen in his observation tower inside the Jilava penitentiary near Bucharest March 13, 2012. According to penitentiary staff, the facility specially designed for rehabilitating drug-addicted inmates started in Norway before being implemented in Romania, and was financed with European Union funds. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW DRUGS) 

Inmates are seen at a window inside the Jilava penitentiary near Bucharest March 13, 2012. According to penitentiary staff, the facility specially designed for rehabilitating drug-addicted inmates started in Norway before being implemented in Romania, and was financed with European Union funds. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW DRUGS) 

Abo, a long time opium addict, sits in a drugs treatment hospital in Keng Tung in mountains of Shan State January 28, 2012. Myanmar has dramatically escalated its poppy eradication efforts since September 2011, threatening the livelihoods of impoverished farmers who depend upon opium as a cash crop to buy food. With new ceasefires ending years of conflict between the government and ethnic insurgents, Myanmar police and United Nations officials are travelling through opium-rich Shan State to ask farmers what assistance they need. To match Special Report MYANMAR/OPIUM REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY DRUGS) 

Women exercise during therapy at the clinic of Comprehensive Care Services to Dependents of Crack in the Sao Caetano neighborhood of Sao Paulo January 31, 2012. Brazil's surging crack cocaine epidemic prompted officials of Latin America's biggest country to launch a $2.3-billion dollar plan to curb the spread of drug abuse and trafficking by 2014. Crack users dispersed to several parts of Sao Paulo city after military police occupied the area known as "Cracolandia" (crackland). Picture taken January 31, 2012. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (BRAZIL - Tags: CRIME LAW DRUGS SOCIETY) 

A drug addict cleans the pigpen at the employment base of "Harmonious Home" Rehabilitation Community, on the outskirts of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, November 30, 2011. About 297 drug addicts live and work at the community, which was built in 2006 as a public service agency for drug rehabilitation established by the Kunming government's public security department, with 513 low-rent single apartments and family suites and other supporting facilities such as hospital, kindergarten, supermarket and sports fitness centre. Drug addicts can volunteer to apply and enter into it to get free training on labour production skills and work at its employment base. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH CRIME LAW DRUGS SOCIETY ANIMALS) 

A 26-year-old drug addict works in a workshop of the employment base at "Harmonious Home" Rehabilitation Community, on the outskirts of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, November 30, 2011. About 297 drug addicts live and work at the community, which was built in 2006 as a public service agency for drug rehabilitation established by the Kunming government's public security department, with 513 low-rent single apartments and family suites and other supporting facilities such as hospital, kindergarten, supermarket and sports fitness centre. Drug addicts can volunteer to apply and enter into it to get free training on labour production skills and work at its employment base. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH CRIME LAW DRUGS SOCIETY) 

Drug addicts listen to music during a psychological treatment at a compulsory drug rehabilitation center in Kunming, capital of southern China's Yunnan Province November 28, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY)