Needle and the damage

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Updated On Aug 11, 2011 11:14 pm IST

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A Pakistani drug addict holds a syringe after injecting heroin on a street in "Kala Pull" (Black Bridge) district of Karachi. Pakistan has more than four million drug addicts in its population of 170 million, according to figures compiled by the country's Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).

Updated on Aug 11, 2011 11:14 pm IST

A Pakistani drug addict holds a syringe after injecting heroin on a street in "Kala Pull" (Black Bridge) district of Karachi. Pakistan has more than four million drug addicts in its population of 170 million, according to figures compiled by the country's Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).

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Positive slogans at a doorway at the House of Hope rehabilitation centre in Karachi.

Updated on Aug 11, 2011 11:14 pm IST

Positive slogans at a doorway at the House of Hope rehabilitation centre in Karachi.

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Pakistani heroin addict Khaled, 20, who started using heroin a month ago, rests at the Edhi rehabilitation centre in Karachi. Pakistan’s central secretary general of council of herbal physicians Hakeem Qazi M A Khalid said that around 50 billion rupees were wasted in drug addiction every year in the country.

Updated on Aug 11, 2011 11:14 pm IST

Pakistani heroin addict Khaled, 20, who started using heroin a month ago, rests at the Edhi rehabilitation centre in Karachi. Pakistan’s central secretary general of council of herbal physicians Hakeem Qazi M A Khalid said that around 50 billion rupees were wasted in drug addiction every year in the country.

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A Pakistani heroin addict rests in a corner at the Edhi rehabilitation centre in Karachi. Most of the heroin is smuggled from neighbouring Afghanistan through Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Updated on Aug 11, 2011 11:14 pm IST

A Pakistani heroin addict rests in a corner at the Edhi rehabilitation centre in Karachi. Most of the heroin is smuggled from neighbouring Afghanistan through Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Pakistani drug addict Maqsood, 33, holds a syringe with his teeth after injecting heroin on a street in "Kala Pull" (Black Bridge) district of Karachi. An estimated 130,000 people use intoxicants through injections, while 80% addicts used the same syringes which were also the cause of fatal diseases.

Updated on Aug 11, 2011 11:14 pm IST

Pakistani drug addict Maqsood, 33, holds a syringe with his teeth after injecting heroin on a street in "Kala Pull" (Black Bridge) district of Karachi. An estimated 130,000 people use intoxicants through injections, while 80% addicts used the same syringes which were also the cause of fatal diseases.

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A Pakistani drug addict gets high after injecting heroin into his arm on a street in "Kala Pull" (Black Bridge) district of Karachi.

Updated on Aug 11, 2011 11:14 pm IST

A Pakistani drug addict gets high after injecting heroin into his arm on a street in "Kala Pull" (Black Bridge) district of Karachi.

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A Pakistani heroin addicts rest at the Edhi rehabilitation centre in Karachi. The rehabilitation centre provides food, shelter and medical treatment for drug addicts.

Updated on Aug 11, 2011 11:14 pm IST

A Pakistani heroin addicts rest at the Edhi rehabilitation centre in Karachi. The rehabilitation centre provides food, shelter and medical treatment for drug addicts.

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A Pakistani heroin addict squats in the corridor of a bathroom at the Edhi rehabilitation centre in Karachi.

Updated on Aug 11, 2011 11:14 pm IST

A Pakistani heroin addict squats in the corridor of a bathroom at the Edhi rehabilitation centre in Karachi.

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