Working With the Marginalized in Poland
Category: WORLDPOST
Until the 1970s, drug addicts didn't exist in Poland -- at least not officially. In those days, drugs were expensive and the supply was limited, so the Polish state could hide the problem by giving a different label to the small number of addicts. But then heroin became more readily available. And addiction started to grow.
By John Feffer, ContributorDirector, Foreign Policy In Focus and Editor, LobeLog; Author ..., 2015-04-18