'scourge of the poor'

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/07/29/world/20090729ARGENTINA_11.html

"They return with nothing, to the same place that made them sick"

the story of Mr Eche makes me wonder if the solution to drug abuse lies in police raids & stricter laws. maybe it's not the drug dealers & abusers that they need to fight.