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Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina today, May 18, presents the first report of the "Barometro of Narcotrafico y Adicciones en Argentina" prepared by researchers of the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA). The Rector of the UCA, Archbishop His Exc. Mgr. Victor Manuel Fernandez, and the coordinator of the Observatory of the Argentine Social Debt, Agustin Salvia, will be the protagonists of the event to be held at the auditorium of the UCA.
According to the note sent to Fides, the Report compares data in the year 2010 and 2014. A high percentage of respondents in urban areas said that there is "the sale, trafficking and exchange" of drugs or narcotics in their neighborhood. Always in the note, Mgr. Fernandez explains that the study intends to monitor the perception of the urban population on the progress of drug trafficking in the country.
The survey is a first step in finding "the need to become aware of its gravity and to promote initiatives increasingly committed to prevention and effective eradication" said Mgr. Fernandez.
The Church in Argentina has long denounced the new situations related to drug trafficking: Posadas (see Fides 05/11/2014), Santiago del Estero (see Fides 21/08/2014), Quilmes (see Fides 09/10/2014) , Chubut (see Fides 26/06/2014), Buenos Aires (see Fides 30/10/2014). The phenomenon of consumption and retail sales of drugs has exploded as a serious social problem that the Church is committed to fighting (see Fides 05/05/2014). (CE) (Agenzia Fides 18/05/2015)
