Al-Amal Hospital Combats Drug Addiction Among Young Men and Women

Published March 28, 2014

Al-Amal Hospital combats drug addiction among young men and women
ADDICTION among young women is considered to be a sensitive issue in Saudi Arabia as it is considered to be deviant conduct in the Kingdom’s conservative society. For this reason, the state has struggled to find solutions to stop drug use and has established many psychiatric clinics and specialist hospitals for treating addiction. Al-Amal Hospital, with its women’s section, is considered to be … drug addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

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