Kadhimi: Scourge of Drugs Destroying Iraq’s Social Fabric

Kadhimi addresses the expanded meeting of security chiefs at the headquarters of the Joint Operations Command on Monday. (Press Office of the Iraqi Prime Minister)

Outgoing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi slammed on Monday the scourge of drugs in Iraq.

During a meeting with senior security leaders in Iraq on Monday, he said the phenomenon has for years raised deep popular and official concerns given its rapid spread in the country, especially in southern governorates.