Since the 2003 US-led invasion, Iraq has witnessed a dramatic rise in the cultivation and trafficking of drugs. Reports indicate that drug abuse is on the rise among Iraqi youth and that armed militias have muscled in on this lucrative trade. So how can Iraq combat this growing problem?

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Like many developed countries in the world, Israel is trying to paint a positive picture of its economy, with the government keen to show it is emerging from the recession.

However, the slower rate of growth has hit the hundreds of thousands of Israelis reliant on food handouts particularly hard.

For them, as Al Jazeera’s Clayton Swisher reports from Tel Aviv, the problem appears to be getting worse.

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