Afghan town evicts addicts in desperate attempt to clean up FEATURE 01/14/2010

Afghan town evicts addicts in desperate attempt to clean up FEATURE 01/14/2010 GHAZNI — Tired of watching their young people descend into drug addiction, village elders in a remote Afghan region are taking action to get them to kick the habit — or get kicked out of town. Heroin addicts in a corner of eastern Ghazni province are being set deadlines to quit after tribal elders decided the only way to deal with the worsening problem was to cajole, threaten, punish and, finally, evict them. First comes a warning, then a fine. If they ignore that, they face having their houses burned down. If the addicts — and those supplying them with the heroin that has eaten into the fabric of traditional life across the country — still fail to comply, they are forced to leave, said elder Mohammad Razaq..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100114com3.html

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