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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 ratings
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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