Drug addicts ‘need treatment, not jail’
NGO highlights need for government efforts to cure ‘disease’
By Stephen Dockery
Special to The Daily Star
Saturday, July 18, 2009
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Samir Khashan was a drug addict for 24 years. His addiction landed him in trouble with the law; he was arrested and imprisoned dozens of times. “I passed through all the prisons that exist in Lebanon,” said the 41-year-old from Hadath. But recently things have improved for Khashan.
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