Drugs and social drama in Porto “post-Aleixo” mobilize notables | Cheers

When thinking about the past few months, university professor and essayist Rosa Maria Martelo realizes how she and other neighbors were “a little deluded”. In the vicinity of the demolished Aleixo neighborhood, the lives of the residents went smoothly, despite the drug traffic taking place within minutes of their homes every day and several consumers gravitating around the long towers overlooking the Douro. The problem was in a small space and their notion of it was partial. How end of Aleixo, last May, and the “spread” of the situation, the alarm went off. This week, three dozen residents sent an open letter to Rui Moreira and the Minister of Health to report on the “serious public and social health problem” that exists in the city. They ask for an articulated response between local and central administrations – and not only for their benefit: “We need to help consumers. Those people, at the end of the line, are probably the most affected ”.

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