MAZAR-E-SHARIF: Anti-narcotics police personnel of Balkh province say that for the past two years, 100,000 drug addicts have been rounded up for treatment in the province.
The provincial officials of the Drug Rehabilitation Centr in Balkh say that the treatment duration for an addict in this center takes 45 days to 3 months.
There are some addicts who are happy to be treated for free and they ask other addicts to save their lives from destruction and stop this evil action.
Provincial manager of the anti-narcotics of Balkh’s department, Juma Khan Rasikh said that 3,000 drug addicts have been treated this year, and hundreds of others are currently under treatment.
Abdullah Uruzgani, the manager of the addiction rehabilitation camp in Balkh province, confirms that addicts are treated in this center for a period of 45 days to 3 months and are discharged upon completion of their treatment.
According to Balkh’s local officials, during the past two years, more than 100,000 drug addicts have been gathered in the province for treatment, and thousands of them have joined their families.