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On the streets with a mobile drug unit
Much of the work carried help to help drug users in Portugal is done by non-government organisations – one of which is the Associação Ares Do Pinhal. Every week their team of doctors, nurses and psychiatrists take to the streets to offer physical and emotional support to drug users. Vitor Rodrigues Oliveira joined them to follow their work.
Image: Night falls on the Lisbon streets Credit: Thinkstock
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