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Story:
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (02/23/2008) — Bilma Acuña has two drug-addicted sons and roams the streets of the Ciudad Oculta slum here with a purpose: to save others from the same fate. She started a group called Mothers of Paco. This group helps families to save their children who are addicted to Paco.
In the five years since residents first began noticing the yellow crystals being smoked on the streets of Buenos Aires, paco has become the dominant drug that dealers are peddling.
Just weeks after first trying the drug, Mrs. Acuña’s son Pablo Eche began selling everything he owned to feed his addiction. He committed violent robberies. In a drug-fueled rage he destroyed his house and then sold the land that was left, ending up freezing and alone on the streets until his grandmother took him in.
“The majority of the kids are using here,” said Mrs. Acuña, 46. “My son saw what was happening with the kids in the streets that were using paco, and he always said he wouldn’t get caught up in that. But he did.”
Paco is highly addictive because its high lasts just a few minutes — and is so intense that many users smoke 20 to 50 paco cigarettes a day to try to make its effects linger. Paco is even more toxic than crack cocaine because it is made mostly of solvents and chemicals like kerosene, with just a dab of cocaine.
Questions:
1. Where did this story take place?
2. When did this story take place?
3. What is the name of the group that Bilma Acuna started?
4. What does the group do?
5. What is the name of Bilma Acuna's son?
6. What happened to her son after he started to smoke Paco?
7. How many cigarettes do Paco users smoke a day?
Info from Alexei Barrionuevo, NYtimes.com. Pic from infosurhoy.com
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