Oum Al-Nour Provides Vital Care

Karim, 21, has been sober for 35 days. It is the longest time since his 17th birthday, when Karim started using drugs almost every day.

"A friend gave me a white, hand-rolled cigarette," Karim recalled. "I smoked it alone and that instantly became a daily routine."

Exactly three years later, Karim never got to blow out the candles on his birthday cake. All he remembers is that he invited friends over, they took drugs and he woke up the next day in intensive care with tubes coming out of his body.

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