Dubai? Must be middle East. Don't worry mate, we understand the issues of expats there. Loy ( Machedo) is a good friend.
BTW Odisssa's poppy culture is legal and very strictly controlled.
AFAIK Punjab is the epicenter of addiction. Yes, it's very true, Ayurveda has nothing to do with addiction, but modern medicine is. But intelligent addicts can find opiates from Ayurvedic stores ( I'm not fully sure of it, someone from India in a NA meeting told something like this...he was taking some sort of water used to clean opium extract or something like that..but I'm not sure)
But addiction is a big issue in India ( the problem in US is somewhat different from EU) Google Kripa foundation.
Not many know, Bangladesh is ravaged by addiction, the situation is similar in India.
By newer medicine I meant monoclonal antibodies..that's where modern medicine is heading.
