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Understanding an epidemic

A recent blog post from the Open Society Institute cites a staggering figure: Over 90% of Rio de Janeiro’s homeless are addicted to crack. This figure is shocking, even for a city as beset by social problems as Rio. (Though reliable data on drug use and homeless populations in other major cities has proven difficult […]

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