In this Sept. 6, 2017 photo, people get meals in a tent set up by the Mayor’s office, where drug addicts can take a shower, get a meal or sleep for the night, in an area popularly known as “Crackland”
In this Sept. 6, 2017 photo, people get meals in a tent set up by the Mayor’s office, where drug addicts can take a shower, get a meal or sleep for the night, in an area popularly known as “Crackland” in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. For the two decades politicians have been trying to get rid of it of Crackland: first by brute force, then a program that offered addicts housing and cash handouts in hopes of helping them kick their addiction and leave Crackland, and more recently expanding centers for out-patient support and offering basic social services in Crackland itself. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)
