Why has the Seychelles got such a problem with drugs?
10% of the Seychellois population uses heroin - the highest per capita in the world.
Think of the Seychelles and what springs to mind?
White sandy beaches, coral reefs, 5 star resorts, nature reserves?
What you probably don鈥檛 think of is heroin ghettos; shattered lives; mothers burying their sons.
10% of the Seychellois population uses heroin - the highest per capita usage in the world.
So what鈥檚 being done 鈥� and will the government鈥檚 鈥榃ar on Drugs鈥� help or harm?
Akwasi Sarpong speaks to a former heroin user, Joseph Fady Banane 鈥� known as Fady 鈥� who鈥檚 put together a documentary for 大象传媒 Africa Eye investigating the issue called 'Seychelles, Heroin and me'.
Find it on the 大象传媒 News Africa YouTube page.
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