The head of a traditional drug addiction treatment center, Ustad Ahmad Ischsan Maulana, prays with two recovering drug addicts who sit immersed in a herbal bath in Purbalingga, Central Java, Indonesia July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
PURBALINGGA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Rizki Mulyadi sits half-submerged in a steaming herbal bath, hands folded in his lap and head down.
Mulyadi hopes the concoction he is bathing in – and the Islamic teacher who makes it – will help him overcome a six-year addiction to the drug of choice for many in Indonesia: crystal methamphetamine, or "meth".
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