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TO GO WITH Lifestyle-India-tourism-health-addiction,FEATURE by Phil Hazlewood Rehabilitated Russian drug-addict Andrey (L) is watched by his friend Shannon (C) as he greets Jawaharlal Henriques (R) a medical official who treated him at the St Anthony Hospital and Research Centre at Anjuna in Goa on February 16, 2009. The easy availability of drugs in Goa has been a draw for many tourists since the days of the hippie trail in the 1960s. Now some are coming to the Indian resort state to kick their habit. Several drug rehabilitation centres have sprung up near the sun-kissed, palm tree-lined beaches that entice some 400,000 overseas visitors every year, offering detox programmes at cut-price rates. One of them is Saint Anthony's Hospital and Research Centre, a 40-bed, private facility in Anjuna, north Goa, a short drive from the bamboo beach bars that are a magnet for young, foreign ravers and ageing hippies. AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images)