A Nepali child's drug awareness drawing

By at 11:00 am Wednesday, Jan 27

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This drug awareness illustration drawn by a Nepali child is displayed on a bulletin board in Kathmandu's Patan Hospital. Aasara means "shelter"; the drug addict appears to be bottled up in a shelter crying while two men point weapons at him — one appears to have already fired off a bullet.

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Lisa Katayama

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