Shooting down drones isn't enough to stop Jordan's crystal meth problem

The beds are full at the National Centre for the Rehabilitation of Addicts (NCRA), one of only two public addiction rehabilitation facilities in Jordan. In the midst of the busy centre, Ahmad*, 34, takes a breath in the facility's garden. The young man is on his eighth day of treatment for addiction to crystal methamphetamine. Cases of crystal meth abuse are rising throughout Jordan – according to doctors and scientists, the drug is even more addictive and dangerous than the now widely-available and also highly-addictive amphetamine, captagon. "On crystal [meth], I felt I was a different person," he told Al Jazeera, glancing down at the tattoo sleeves that envelop his arms, his brothers' names inscribed around each bicep.