After war, Iraq battles drugs as people seek solace in heroin

High levels of unemployment and poverty in Iraq lead to an alarming rise in heroin addiction.

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    The number of illegal drug factories being discovered in Iraq is rising.

    And so is the number of addiction patients, particularly in poverty-stricken southern parts.

    Al Jazeera's Rob Matheson reports from Baghdad.

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