Iraq battles two killer epidemics at once: Crystal meth and Covid-19
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"The situation in the country was rough. You go and try to find work, but there was no work," Khaled says. "Once, twice and I was hooked. I was trapped. I couldn't get out."
Until 2014, he worked as a security contractor in northern Iraq. When ISIS swept through the area, he lost his job and spiraled into a depression. Now in a prison cell, he has just recovered from withdrawal symptoms after years of crystal meth abuse. "The situation in the country was rough. You go and try to find work, but there was no work," he says. "Once, twice and I was hooked (on crystal meth). I was trapped. I couldn't get out."More Related News