Skyrocketing methamphetamine use poses new security threat in Iraq
PBS News Hour - World
English - December 22, 2022 23:25 - 8 minutes - 7.53 MB - ★★★★ - 79 ratingsNews world news current events newshour television radio media Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Middle East has long been plagued by conflicts, but now a crisis of a different sort is taking hold. The narcotics trade poses new security threats and risks forever changing societies whose conservative norms had usage in check. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn explores the drivers behind the regional drug trade and why efforts to combat it have largely failed. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders