The atrocities of self-medication in the Middle East
Filed in archive Int'l Development on June 13, 2007
Image via article at Spiegel Online.
You know how bad news can travel around the world before good news has had a chance to whisper? Apparently, the same concept applies to medication in the Middle East.
Due to the lack of adequate and accessable health care in Afghanistan, the populous has decided to medicate their ailments with something that will only make things worse - opium. What's worse, not only do some of them not realize they are only worsening their situation, but they are also medicating their children in the same way.
According to the article at Spiegel Online, opium use has decreased in areas where health care has become more readily accessable.
However, for the rest of the country, they can either travel two days to get proper medication, or spend twice their daily pay and get opium right in their hometown.
Sometimes I think the price of convenience is just a bit too steep.
Tags: afghanistan opium medicine healthcare social social+enterprise middle+east medication+middle
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Response from:
leon
(06/14/07 3:06pm)
Response from:
laptop batteries
(11/30/08 11:11pm)
a good read
Response from:
club penguin
(05/19/09 4:10am)
You need to check out the accuracy of the May 15th Prophecy in regards to what is happing in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria and the return of the Hidden Imam..
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