Saliha is a recovering opium addict.He's 4 years

[ar223]

I read this great article in the Star while on the way home, I wanted to share it with everyone and see what others thought of it....

Parents have been instructed by their families, by tribal elders, by well-intentioned but uneducated quacks that opium is the benign cure-all, or at least helpful therapeutic intervention, for everything that ails a person, and so very handy. They just didn't know any better. Opium for colic. Opium for labour pains. Opium for women's troubles. And, routinely, opium as pacifier to soothe a baby fussing, as babies do.

The problem is particularly rampant in northern Turkmen villages, where casual opium use has been common for decades. It was simply part of their culture. In one particular rural town, social workers from this hospital documented 3,500 opium addicts – nearly the entire population. It was their normal.

http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/431302

It shocked me, am i niave? Then I thought hey.. we're in Afghanistan.. maybe our role in providing aid and developing the nation may not be such a terrible idea...? Then I thought what about UNICEF shouldn't they be actively involved in providing medical assistance to afghan children? There are so many issues in the article, so many questions to be answered.

[GTP]

lmao @ you, the talaban have more control over Afgan than the good guys.