DRUG
In cities and towns across Pakistan people who use drugs eke out a chaotic existence in dire poverty, homelessness and unemployment. For many, a square meal every day is a luxury. People who use drugs are a stigmatized and marginalized group, and in many countries including Pakistan they form an underclass a vast majority living on the streets. The illegality of their drug use often places them in conict with the law. Hated by local communities, they struggle to obtain gainful
employment and often resort to petty crime to survive. As a result of sharing injecting equipment, they are vulnerable to transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B & C viruses.
