Today it is there World Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, many initiatives, activities and reflections proposed on the topic that is worrying the entire national territory. There are also many experiences Reggio Calabria that are generating hope and opportunity. In a neighborhood of Reggio Calabria, ad Clay specifically, the use of cocaine, alcohol and drug dealing are characterizing the growth, future and dreams of many minors in this very fragile territory (adolescents and pre-adolescents in particular). The cry of alarm from the President of the Csi Reggio Calabria, Paolo Cicciù:
“We ask the very attentive Prefect Dr. Clara Vaccaro, the Mayor of the City of Reggio Calabria the lawyer Giuseppe Falcomata’ and the President of the FICT (Italian Federation of Therapeutic Communities) the lawyer Luciano Squillaci, for an urgent intervention on several fronts. Last night , in accompanying the children of the Polisportiva Arghilla a Colori after their first official match, Paolo Cicciu’ continues, I stopped in the various lots in the Arghilla Nord neighborhood to chat with the older kids who had played with us in the past Devastating and mortifying to see fifteen-year-olds busy drinking alcohol and having difficulty even speaking. It is the first situation involving children in the northern area of Reggio. Many alarming situations have characterized this last period with interventions by the Juvenile Court and with situations of petty crime and violence between young people” – declares Cicciù.
“Substance has now become a traveling companion for many kids. For years, we have been trying to hook them up with sport and games but, at a certain point, many get lost because they are attracted by the desire for easy money and after the ” “discovery” of the high from cocaine and alcohol abandon the team and, very often even “life”, letting themselves go into situations and choices that will lead to death. Many kids also end up in the drug dealing business in Arghilla, known to all as a place where it is easy to find the substance. A strong and decisive intervention is needed immediately that goes towards prevention but also intervenes on the current situation involving many young people in the Arghilla area, a technical table is needed immediately to try to stop this situation. Minor addicts and drug dealers are an issue too strong to remain silent and it is another great defeat for all of us, for the institutions and for those who should guarantee rights and make proposals” – goes on.
“We are fighting to protect the municipal pitch of Modenelle, which for weeks has been invaded by burnt cars, which increase more and more every day. We are trying with sport to implement an educational continuity of the routes, as an alternative to the spot events which have literally this fragile territory has been mortified! The drama of substance and alcohol use among minors must be stopped immediately!” – he concludes.
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