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Rich families in fear of shame as drugs consume their children

A young woman engrossed in smoking shisha. [Photos: Ochieng]

By KIPCHUMBA SOME

NAIROBI, KENYA: Vicky Kones recalls the darkest day in her life; when she met her father in the streets of a town in the United States of America. After years of alcohol and drug addiction, Vicky was not the daughter her parents had known. So when they met, her father posed the question: “What happened?”

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