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Jacky's future is unclear; dreams of living with her children and opening a small convenience store quickly evaporate amid another binge in the squalor of her hovel. Without help, quitting the drug is extremely difficult. "Smoking 'yaba' means you don't have to think about the hard times," she says.

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