Iraqi medics call for public awareness of drug problem

STORY: Iraqi medics call for public awareness of drug problem DATELINE: June 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital in Baghdad 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ADNAN YASIN, Head of Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED MOHAMMED SHAKER, Psychotherapist at Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital 4. various of Fakher Monther speaking at a drug control symposium STORYLINE: For the past two decades, the spread of drugs, particularly among young people, has become one of Iraq's most pressing and intricate issues. Iraqi medics have emphasized that the Iraqi government's challenges in drug control stem from social instability, a high unemployment rate, poverty, an underdeveloped healthcare system, and public unawareness of the dangers posed by drugs. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ADNAN YASIN, Head of Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital "In general, most of the people that come to our hospital range between 20-40 years old, and there are i