Vietnam is on a major heroin trafficking route and heroin always leaks off the pipeline. The collapse of a social system that had control on people's behaviour. I suspect that among young men, it has become a rite of passage. With few drug treatment programmes available, the relapse rate among addicts is very high. A lack of funds is also a key factor hampering the government's efforts.
Money is also what lures people into the trade.
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