Liberia’s drug problem: Drug abuse is on the rise with few treatment facilities

Liberia’s drug problem: Drug abuse is on the rise with few treatment facilities

Liberia’s new president Joseph Boakai has declared drug abuse a "public health emergency."
Addiction to heroin and crack cocaine is on the rise.
And a lack of treatment facilities means the majority of addicts are left to fend for themselves.

Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from the capital, Monrovia.

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