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In the Cher, the ravages of drugs in rural areas

2022-02-11T16:36:29.935Z


REPORT - Less visible than in town, drugs are also rampant in rural areas. In Loiret and Cher, associations are trying to take care of users who are isolated and difficult to approach.


The motorhome slows down in a deserted parking lot.

It is a gray vehicle without logo or inscription.

You have to be discreet.

In these kinds of small towns, rumors travel quickly.

Vierzon: 29,000 inhabitants.

Sancoins: 3000 inhabitants.

Sancerre is even a small village, barely bigger than a hamlet: 1300 souls, sometimes more in spring and summer, when the wine tourists come.

No tall towers or visible deal points.

Hard drugs are nevertheless a reality there, hidden in the secrecy of homes.

Read alsoDrug trafficking: how France covered itself with deal points

In Bourges, in the Cher, the Caarud (Reception and support center for risk reduction of drug users) tries to make contact with users from all over the department, those who hide outside the big cities, and pass below the radars.

They travel to the countryside to distribute equipment and avoid HIV contamination, hepatitis C, abscesses and infections.

The master principle of a Caarud: a…

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Source: lefigaro

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