The Bangladeshi drug scene

A poster inside the drug rehab centre in Bangladesh

I’m learning lots about the drug scene in Bangladesh – among students at the universities and among the better off, richer classes.  This is thanks to Ney Someta – a Cambodian student living in Bangladesh.  She’s been looking into addiction of heroin there, after one of her friends started using the drug.

One man in his thirties – Hassan – who owns a successful family business talks to her about his heroin addiction which he smokes through foil.   He runs a family business and is a member of the local chamber of commerce, but for all these opportunities he says his life is a hell.

It’s a real insight into the lives of people who look like they’re doing very well in Bangladesh.  They’re educated and earning good money.  But underneath the surface you find out that they’re living a life on the edge – battling with the demons of addiction and not far from falling into an abyss.

Ney Someta really worked hard on this one and I’m just mixing her material now this morning so that hopefully it will get broadcast this week – I’ll add a link when it’s online.