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On the dirt floor trash is scattered about, including condoms and plastic water cups with holes punched in the bottom to be used as rudimentary pipes; the pungent stench of urine hangs in the air. The couple dozen people here on the ground are all too fixated on taking their next hit of crack cocaine. This scene plays out inside the Antares slum — or favela as it is known in Brazil — in the industrial outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The Antares favela is under the command of dozens of machine gun wielding young men from a faction of the Comando Vermelho drug gang. A night-time visit inside the drug den in the slum reveals a troubling scene but points to a larger picture of how crack has become a security and public health epidemic in Brazil, spreading to all corners of the country and infiltrating all economic classes. That is partially why, in an unprecedented move, some drug traffickers have unilaterally decided to stop selling crack in the favelas they control. In both Mandela and Jacarezinho favelas — combined home to more than , residents — crack can no longer be purchased. Two drug bosses, who control each favela, gave the orders to halt sales. He asked that his real name not be used. Addicts were robbing homes, killing each other for nothing inside the community. We wanted to avoid all that, so we stopped selling it. The traffickers in Mandela, like Rodrigo, readily admit they still sell marijuana and powder cocaine and were happy to show it to Al Jazeera. Business was good for those drugs; bags of money sat out on tables at sales points in the slum. Her efforts were behind halting sales at Mandela and Jacarezinho favelas, and now she is using her contacts with the powerful gang leaders from all sides to convince even more to stop selling crack. She said she is hoping for even commitments for the gangs to stop buying from the big suppliers, some of whom are in neighbouring countries. Police in Rio remain sceptical and dismissive of any gestures by the traffickers, even those who have already stopped selling crack. But this is not what is going to happen. For police and city and federal officials, curtailing crack addiction is a new, major national priority. Some of the users were children too, stoned to even stand up, and had to be carried to waiting vans. Security is also a risk, as social service officials can only safely reach some of the crack dens bordering the city slums with protection of special forces police. On the operation seen by Al Jazeera, two dozen social assistance officers took 87 crack users — 16 of which were children — off the streets of Rio and into treatment centres in the matter of four hours. But once addicts are admitted into assistance centres, there is no law forcing adults to stay; they are free to walk out whenever they please, and many do after getting a hot shower and a meal. The money set aside from the federal government is meant to add more officers and treatment centres all over Brazil to try to give officials more leverage to deal with the problem. Back at Antares favela, crack addicts are everywhere, scurrying through the darkness to find a corner to smoke, while crack sales continue unabated. But the disturbing peek inside the dark underworld of a crack den at Antares favela at night, perhaps also a reminder that for all the efforts to drive crack from the slums, those looking for a quick fix might always be able to find it somewhere. Follow Gabriel Elizondo on Twitter elizondogabriel. By Gabriel Elizondo. Published On 30 Jul 30 Jul Sponsored Content.

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