São Paulo Brazil: Middle class neighborhoods rife with pockets of “crack” use

Before the São Paulo Police operation that surrounded the ‘Crackland’ last week, Folha checked neighborhoods such as Vila Mariana, Bixiga, Paraíso, Penha and Bela Vista, in the past six months. In those places, Folha reporters found houses and apartments where a scheme, unknown to authorities till then, took place – the private ‘Cracklands’. Read Article