Ganja Addiction in Pakistan: Understanding the Country’s Most Used Drug
Author: Dr. Obaid Ullah Khan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Federal City Rehab Clinic. Specialist in psychiatric assessment and treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, OCD, and dual diagnosis presentations. Ganja is the most widely used illegal drug in Pakistan. It is also the one most likely to be dismissed as harmless. Families assume it […]
What Is Addiction? A Plain-Language Guide for Families in Pakistan
Author: Abrar Ahmad | CEO & Clinical Psychologist, Federal City Rehab Clinic Doctoral-level clinical psychologist with over a decade of specialisation in addiction treatment and evidence-based rehabilitation at FCRC Islamabad The word addiction is used constantly. It appears in news reports, in family conversations, in medical contexts, and in everyday speech. Yet most people, when asked […]
How to Choose a Drug Rehabilitation Centre in Pakistan: A Family Guide
Author: Abrar Ahmad | CEO and Clinical Psychologist, Federal City Rehab Clinic Doctoral-level clinical psychologist with over a decade of specialisation in addiction treatment and evidence-based rehabilitation at FCRC Islamabad Finding the right drug rehabilitation centre is one of the most important decisions a family will make. It is also one they are almost always making […]
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Risks, Signs, and What Pakistani Parents Should Know
Author: Dr. Kifayat Ullah | Public Health Physician, Federal City Rehab Clinic MBBS, MPH. Specialist in addiction medicine, medically supervised detoxification, and public health aspects of substance use disorder in Pakistan. Author of FCRC’s clinical detoxification protocols. Fetal alcohol syndrome is one of the most preventable causes of lifelong disability in children. It is also one […]
Heroin Addiction in Pakistan: What It Does to the Body and How to Recover
Author: Dr. Kifayat Ullah | Public Health Physician, Federal City Rehab Clinic MBBS, MPH. Specialist in addiction medicine, medically supervised detoxification, and public health aspects of substance use disorder in Pakistan. Author of FCRC’s clinical detoxification protocols. Pakistan carries one of the heaviest burdens of heroin addiction in the world. The country sits at the edge […]
LSD, Molly, and MDMA: What Pakistani Parents Need to Know About Designer Drugs
Author: Dr. Obaid Ullah Khan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Federal City Rehab Clinic. Specialist in psychiatric assessment and treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, OCD, and dual diagnosis presentations. A few years ago, most Pakistani families had never heard of LSD, Molly, or MDMA. These were drugs associated with foreign cities, Western nightlife, and […]
Ice Drug in Pakistan: Effects, Addiction, and How to Get Help
Author: Dr. Obaid Ullah Khan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Federal City Rehab Clinic. Specialist in psychiatric assessment and treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, OCD, and dual diagnosis presentations. Ice drugs are not new. But in Pakistan, it is a rapidly growing one. Over the past several years, it has moved from an obscure […]
Charas Addiction in Pakistan: Signs, Effects, and Treatment
Author: Dr. Kifayat Ullah | Public Health Physician, Federal City Rehab Clinic MBBS, MPH. Specialist in addiction medicine, medically supervised detoxification, and public health aspects of substance use disorder in Pakistan. Author of FCRC’s clinical detoxification protocols. Charas is one of the most widely used drugs in Pakistan, yet it rarely gets the serious attention it […]
Female Addiction in Pakistan: Breaking the Silence Around Women and Substance Use
Author: Abrar Ahmad | CEO & Clinical Psychologist, Federal City Rehab Clinic Doctoral-level clinical psychologist specialising in addiction, trauma, and gender-sensitive rehabilitation. Founder of FCRC’s female rehabilitation programme. When people in Pakistan picture an addict, they rarely picture a woman. The mental image is almost always male: a young man in a bad neighbourhood, a […]
Cannabis Addiction in Pakistan: Why “Just Weed” Is Not Harmless and When to Seek Help
Author: Abrar Ahmad | CEO & Clinical Psychologist, Federal City Rehab Clinic Doctoral-level clinical psychologist with over a decade of specialisation in addiction treatment and evidence-based rehabilitation at FCRC Islamabad Nobody starts smoking charas thinking they are going to become dependent on it. That is precisely what makes cannabis one of Pakistan’s most under-treated addiction […]
