Afghanistan's Drug Problem Is Completely Out Of Control

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Vast Supply of Opium is Problem for Entire Families

(CBS) Najiba's four kids Karima, Marjabin, Naqibullah and Hila range in age from 4 to 13. Like her, they are all opium addicts, reports CBS News correspondent Mandy Clarke from Afghanistan.

"I started taking opium more than a decade ago," Najiba says, "when my 7-year-old son was killed by a truck."

She started giving it to her children to keep them from shivering in the winter. They've all had treatment before, but poverty lead them back to drugs.

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My Comment: This is the society that America wants to save from the Taliban.

Good luck.