Heroin addict Anton, 28, who has been off the drug for more than a year since he joined the Country of the Living Center in Podolsk, near Moscow, stands in the war museum of the center. As part of their therapy, the center’s patients take part in excavations of the remains of unburied WWII soldiers in Russia. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
The Country of the Living Center is currently treating 23 addicts. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
Patients gather for a daily conference in the hall of the Country of the Living Center. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
A doctor prepares a heroin addict for an electroencephalogram exam at the Moscow Research Practical Center of Prevention of Drug Addiction. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
An addict undergoes treatment in an Alpha OxySpa capsule as part of his two-month therapy course at the Moscow Research Practical Center of Prevention of Drug Addiction. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
Addicts recieve a daily dose of “electric sleep” as part of their two-month therapy course at the Moscow center. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
Anton has been in treatment at the Country of the Living Center for more than a year. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
