Currently, meetings with the State and City Hall continue and at least three areas are monitored
Almost six months after the “end” of in the capital of São Paulo, the area monitoring group, formed by the State and keep happening. Monitoring, at this moment, is focused on three points that already had drug consumption: the Okuhara Koei Viaduct, in Consolação, Central region of the capital; the Ceagesp region, in the West Zone, and Avenida Jornalista Roberto Marinho, in the South Zone. The expanded center is one of the priorities. According to the vice-governor of São Paulo, “none of them [desses pontos] They are what we could call Cracolândia, but they are points of attention that have always existed and are now getting a special look”.
The objective, according to him, is “to take advantage of the experience with Cracolândia and expand actions to other areas, since now Cracolândia has in fact ceased to exist”. In addition to the monitored points, Ramuth highlights that the Social Assistance and Health teams now also use the old flow approach on individual users.
Currently, there are weekly and individual meetings for care groups – such as health, security and social assistance – and everyone meets together once a month. On the State side, the work is led by the deputy, Felício Ramuth, as well as on the city hall side, Mello Araújo. The executive secretary of Strategic Projects for municipal management, Edsom Ortega, is executive coordinator.
In addition to the points of attention, Ortega explains that some monitored locations vary. “This work is decentralized with the sub-prefectures and health, assistance, security teams, among others. And the locations are not always the same, in the same places. What we do is guide the procedures and support the demands they present”, he says.
He points out that, in the area of security, actions are being taken beyond combating drug trafficking or related crimes: the objective is to contain the return or arrival of new people. “We want to contain the influx of people who have passed or are going through the Penitentiary and Justice system. And to contain people from other states and municipalities in search of the Cracolândia that no longer exists”, he explains.
Studies by UNIFESP/UNIAD showed, in 2023, that 51% of the people who frequented the open scene of use on Rua Protestantes were not from the capital. 23% were from other municipalities, 24% from other states and 3% from other countries. Only 11% of users were from the central region.
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