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04-14-2011, 05:50 PM
The president of Hogar Crea Dominicano, Leopoldo Diaz says that everyone in the DR knows that drugs are sold almost openly with the complicity of some authorities, as reported in El Caribe. He said that one only has to visit any barrio in Santo Domingo, Santiago, Puerto Plata, La Romana and La Vega where people know where the drug sale points are located. Interviewed on the Matinal talk show, he criticized the use of minors for delivering the drugs. He said that the lack of an authoritative father figure in many homes contributes to children and teens becoming drug addicts.
"Children and teens, minors, are innately curious," he said. When they are asked how they became addicts, it is not unusual to hear that they were drug vendors who became curious after seeing people were paying so much for the drugs, leading them to wonder what was so good about it, and then they got hooked, said Diaz.
He said in the country there are no statistics on the number of addicts and that those managed by the center only refer to people that seek help in Villa Francisco, Villa Juana, Villa Consuelo and other neighborhoods. He said there are private centers that care for people who can afford rehabilitation treatment that can range to up to RD$100,000 a month.
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"Children and teens, minors, are innately curious," he said. When they are asked how they became addicts, it is not unusual to hear that they were drug vendors who became curious after seeing people were paying so much for the drugs, leading them to wonder what was so good about it, and then they got hooked, said Diaz.
He said in the country there are no statistics on the number of addicts and that those managed by the center only refer to people that seek help in Villa Francisco, Villa Juana, Villa Consuelo and other neighborhoods. He said there are private centers that care for people who can afford rehabilitation treatment that can range to up to RD$100,000 a month.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)