Kenya battles rising drug addiction

Rising levels of drug abuse have resulted in an increase in HIV cases.

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Kenya is battling a rising epidemic of drug abuse that has brought an increase in the number of people who are HIV positive.

A flood of cheap drugs has swamped the country’s coastal areas with scores of addicts sharing needles.

But as Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports, there are deep divisions about how to tackle the problem.

Source: Al Jazeera