03 July, 2003
Alma (23), smokes an early-morning marijuana cigarette on a rooftop. This old neighborhood is home to many people living on the margins of city life, including prostitutes and street children. Marijuana is readily available, and the youth experiment with other substances in the face of the narrow options offered by poverty in an urban environment.
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