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Foreign Policy: Addicted in Bhutan


The country’s substance use spike is undermining its focus on gross national happiness.

After 25 years of service, Bhutan’s first and longest-serving psychiatrist—one of only four in the entire country—has retired. He did so with some trepidation. Chencho Dorji, 60, has come to accept that there are many things he cannot control. (By Sonam Ongmo & Tej Parikh)

(Thimphu, Bhutan Photo Credit: Tej Parikh)

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