Ahmad, 40, and his wife, Mahjuba, 32, smoke opium in their house with their children. In Afghanistan, it is believed opium is a medicine. Parents often use opium to heal when they can not afford to pay a doctor. Ahmad says that he had to marry off his daughter of 14 so that he can get some money with the dowry. His wife, also addicted, complains that it went all towards buying opium.