Show 156: Female Drug Users & Landmine Victims

Show 156: Female Drug Users & Landmine Victims – Recently, Equity Weekly investigated the status and practices of the country’s drug rehabilitation centers. Noticing that only men are allowed as patients, Equity Weekly now asks: Where do female drug addicts go for help? Female Drug Users (Main Story) Drugs have the same destructive impact on both men and women, but there is no government-run drug rehabilitation center designed for women. Private clinics that help women are very expensive. Where can poor female drug addicts go to get treatment? Landmine Victims (Feature) The war has ended but still there are dozens of new victims of landmines and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in Cambodia every year, many of them children. Our youth reporter profiles some of the young victims, and looks at the progress made in making Cambodia, one day, completely landmine free. POLITICS AND SOCIETY This week we’ll bring you a report from the Demand for Good Governance project with interviews with HE Sar Kheng and The Asia Foundation. TEASER Normally, flash floods last a few days. Why does the flooding in Boeung Kak area stay for weeks? Is this because of the rainwater or due to pumping sand to fill Boeung Kak Lake for urban development?