pdfX12|photo documentary folioX12 vol.16: THE DARKENED DEN by James Whitlow Delano

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Dr. Sayed Abdul Qreshi’s relaxed manner belies the monumental nature of his challenge. Perhaps he could be described as having fatalistic resignation. Forty thousand to fifty thousand Kabulis, are opium or heroin users in a city of nearly 3 million, says this deputy director of the capital’s only government-run hospital for drug rehabilitation and psychiatry. He has 20 beds in total available for his drug detoxification program. As for the psychiatric wing, there are just 40 beds, 20 for women and the same number for men.

• This his story received NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2008 Still Photo Winners!!
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