AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-DETOXIFICATION CENTER

AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-DETOXIFICATION CENTER

(230715) -- KANDAHAR, July 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 13, 2023 shows a rehabilitation center for drug-addicted people in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Provincial authorities in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province inaugurated a rehabilitation center for drug-addicted people on Thursday, deputy director of the provincial health department Sayed Ahmad Shadab said. The rehabilitation center with 30 beds formally opened in Takhta Pul district in the morning, providing medical treatment to any addict who gets admission here, the official said, adding that the facility would be upgraded to a 100-bed facility in the future. (Photo by Arghand/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-DETOXIFICATION CENTER

AFGHANISTAN-KANDAHAR-DETOXIFICATION CENTER

(230715) -- KANDAHAR, July 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A drug-addicted person receives medical treatment at a rehabilitation center in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 13, 2023. Provincial authorities in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province inaugurated a rehabilitation center for drug-addicted people on Thursday, deputy director of the provincial health department Sayed Ahmad Shadab said. The rehabilitation center with 30 beds formally opened in Takhta Pul district in the morning, providing medical treatment to any addict who gets admission here, the official said, adding that the facility would be upgraded to a 100-bed facility in the future. (Photo by Arghand/Xinhua)

"Anti-drug grandma" heals hearts through education, love

STORY: "Anti-drug grandma" heals hearts through education, love DATELINE: June 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the detoxification centervarious of Fu Liangling workingSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU LIANGLING, Vice director of Coastline StationSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FU LIANGLING, Vice director of Coastline StationSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): FU LIANGLING, Vice director of Coastline Station STORYLINE: Sunday marked the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which is observed on June 26 every year. In Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan Province, a community drug-detoxification center helps people quit drug addiction and get back to regular lives in families and society. Fu Liangling, 54, is the vice director of the center, named Coastline Station. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU LIANGLING, Vice director of Coastline Station "I came to work at the center at the Haidian community district in January 2011. At the beginning, I was afraid.