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Battling drug crisis, Iraq searches for cure

By Tony Gamal-Gabriel Mohammed has been taking nearly a dozen captagon pills daily for seven years. Now, as Iraq grapples with a major drug crisis, the 23-year-old hopes for a fresh start. Iraq, which borders with Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia, has long been a transit country for the region’s ballooning trade in the amphetamine-type drug and other narcotics. But in recent years, Iraq itself has witnesses a dramatic spike in drug abuse, prompting authorities […]