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    Sep 27

    Welcome to the Insider Crossword, a brand-new puzzle that will challenge your knowledge and provide some much-needed stress relief. Inside you'll find clues on politics, tech, pop culture, and more. ⬇️

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    ⚡️ “Afghans are self-medicating with antidepressants bought on the black market as despair at life under Taliban rule grows” by

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  3. 21 minutes ago

    Afghanistan's former public health minister Dr. Wahid Majrooh said he fears Afghanistan faces an imminent suicide crisis as residents look to an uncertain future under the repressive Taliban regime.

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  4. 21 minutes ago

    Many Afghans said they are considering ending their lives because they felt hopeless about their future.

    Photo shows two Afghan men consuming drugs on the side of a road in Kabul. It is overlaid with a quote from Zahra that reads: "Living under this kind of trauma, no one has hope for the future. People feel helpless and are thinking of ending their life. People are saying I wish we weren't even born."
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  5. 21 minutes ago

    Zahra said she went to a psychologist who prescribed her the antidepressant fluoxetine and helped her get it at a discounted price as a favor. Zahra said she fears she will not be able to afford more once she runs out.

    Photo shows an Afghan woman walking on the street wearing a blue burqa.
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  6. 21 minutes ago

    Zahra, a 25-year-old doctor whose name is changed for privacy, said while most women are unable to work, the Taliban have allowed her to because of the shortage of doctors. She said the new restrictions on her have negatively affected her mental health.

    Photo edit shows two people crouching down and smoking with a scarf concealing both of their faces. It is overlaid with a quote from Zahra, a 25-year-old doctor whose name is changed for privacy. It reads: "If it were not for my family, I would end my life because I don't know what the Taliban will do with me."
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  7. 21 minutes ago

    According to experts, it's women who are the most vulnerable. One said Afghan women were already at an alarmingly high risk of suicide, which will likely worsen as they face gender-based violence — a primary motivator for Afghan women's suicide.

    Photo shows an Afghan woman walking on the street wearing a blue burqa. It is overlaid with text that reads: “According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, around 3,000 Afghans attempt to take their own lives every year, the BBC reported. Out of these, an estimated 80% are women.”
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  8. 21 minutes ago

    While access to mental health professionals in the country has always been limited, the situation has been exacerbated as therapists and doctors flee the country.

    Photo shows an Afghan mental health doctor speaking with patients and holding up a plastic bag filled with medication. It is overlaid with text that reads: “There are only 0.3 psychologists per 100,000 people in Afghanistan — about 100 times fewer than in the US, according to the World Health Organization.”
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  9. 21 minutes ago

    Afghan psychiatrist Dr. Wais Aria said a cascade of societal problems, including a collapsing economy, cataclysmic social changes, and the threat of violence, is straining Afghanistan's already under-resourced mental health infrastructure.

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  10. 21 minutes ago

    Sources said it is increasingly common for Afghans suffering from mental health issues to self-medicate with antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication. Often, they will experiment with different combinations and recommend them to each other.

    Photo shows two bottles of fluoxetine antidepressants. It is overlaid with a quote from Ghulam, a 21-year-old Afghan whose name is changed for privacy. It reads: "Many of my friends are overdosing. They take one medicine, and it doesn't work properly because it's fake, so they're taking two, three, four different medications at one time just to try and improve their moods."
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  11. 21 minutes ago

    Ghulam, a 21-year-old Afghan man whose name is changed for privacy, said he has self-harmed and contemplated suicide ever since the Taliban took over. He said many people are buying medication — often counterfeit — without the advice of a doctor.

    Photo shows two Afghan men consuming drugs on the side of a road in Kabul.
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  12. 21 minutes ago

    TW: This thread discusses suicide. Afghans are turning toward counterfeit antidepressants to cope with increasingly worsening mental health under the Taliban rule. Here's what's going on. 👇

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    Financial records link woman rumored to be in a clandestine relationship with Vladimir Putin to multimillion-dollar apartment in Monaco: report

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    South Dakota is sheltering assets from individuals previously accused of financial crimes, the new Pandora Papers say.

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    A major investigation has found that world leaders, rock stars, government officials, and CEOs stashed billions of dollars in secret offshore accounts.

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    3 student-loan company shutdowns are leaving millions of borrowers hanging, but the Education Dept. still 'expects' to restart payments on February 1

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    Mohammad Khalifa, a 38-year-old Canadian, has been arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS.

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    A lucky 64-year-old Florida woman won two $2 million lottery tickets on the same day

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    A whistleblower says Facebook turned off crucial safety measures too soon after the 2020 US elections, like limits on live video.

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