Naik Bakhat, a 35-year-old woman, relaxes after smoking opium in the Eshkashem district of Badakhshan province, northeast of Kabul April 24, 2008. For a long time, rural folk in parts of Afghanistan have had a casual attitude towards opium, using it as a panacea for just about anything due to the lack of medicines. Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer and exporter but most people tend to forget that it is also a huge narcotics consumer. Heroin, opium and other drugs are becoming a scourge on the streets of Kabul. Picture taken April 24, 2008. To match feature AFGHAN-DRUGS/ REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)
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