Jessica Purkiss, DW, Germany – In an abandoned building in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shuafat in East Jerusalem discarded needles litter the floor. Men grouped into generationally divided rooms heat spoons of heroin over gas fires or inject it into their pelvis.
Mo*, a man in his late 20s who began using hard drugs in his teens, gives a tour around the building. He claims he has been clean for some time now, although his erratic movements and manic eyes suggest differently.
“In the morning, children congregate in the building to take drugs,” Mo says. When asked why, he responds: “They have nothing to do here. We have no recreational activities.”
East Jerusalem Youth Find Escape in Drugs
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