Rio de Janeiro — Crack has become a nationwide epidemic in Brazil. The drug's use is spreading quickly, especially in the impoverished favelas, or slums. Above, a woman smokes crack in Mandela, a favela that was recently "pacified" by Brazil's military police.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
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Rio de Janeiro — Addicts roam around a cracolandia in the Antares slum.
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Rio de Janeiro — Slums flled with crack and cash are within sight of the stadium in Rio that will host the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in 2016.
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Rio de Janeiro — Young drug dealers show off their weapons in Antares on Rio's outskirts. Unlike many favelas in the center of the city, Antares is unlikely to be taken over by police because of its remoteness.
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Rio de Janeiro — A dealer sells a small bag of crack along the train tracks.
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Rio de Janeiro — An addict in Mandela uses a plastic cup to smoke crack.
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Rio de Janeiro — Addicts crowd into an abandoned rail yard office in Mandela.
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Rio de Janeiro — A woman, feeling the effects of a hit of crack, exhales in a shantytown set up along the railroad tracks leading into the center of the city.
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Rio de Janeiro — Addicts smoke underneath an overpass in Antares, a distant and largely forgotten slum on the outermost limits of Rio.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
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