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In a holding area, Iraqi detainees play soccer in the evening to avoid the summer heat.

Detainees attend a muslim religion class inside a holding tent at Camp Bucca.

An Iraqi detainee is brought before a US military review committee to look over his case.

Camp Bucca is a U.S. holding facility for over 18,500 Iraqi detainees in the vicinity of Umm Qasr, Iraq. The vast, city-like compound is releasing detainees by the hundreds every week, hoping to empty the facility in a year. The US military patrols…

A body bag marks the scene of a murder/suicide in a coal mining family. The man was allegedly high on pain killers when he shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself. 'A Dark Addiction'

A deputy of the Dickenson County sheriff's department shakes a man who is overdosing on pain killers while the man's nephew watches. 'A Dark Addiction'

Forest Ramey, 24, a miner at Pioneer Coal, was fired after mis-using pain killers for a back injury.

When Jeff Trapp didn't have pills, the withdrawal symptoms left him 'sick as a dog' and bedridden. 'Every muscle in your body craves it,' he says. 'You can't sleep, can't eat. It's like the flu, but 10 times worse.' 'A Dark Addiction'

Like many coal miners, Jeff Trapp has been going to the methadone clinic for two years, trading this dependency for the $600-a-day oxycodone habit that made his nose bleed and his wife cry. 'A Dark Addiction'

Jeremy Lowe, 22, and Tabaitha Underwood, 18, hang out in the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart after his shift in a mine. Jeremy has been going to a methadone clinic for almost a year to gain control of his pain medication addiction. 'A Dark…