Sao Paulo to Force Treatment on Addicts

Published January 13, 2013

Sao Paulo to force treatment on addicts
File image – Drug users smoke crack in the part of Sao Paulo's Luz neighborhood known as Cracolandia (Crackland), March 26, 2010. Brazil's richest city will start rounding up the most down-and-out crack addicts from its streets and make them get treatment. Read more on Independent Online (blog)

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