Clearing Out Brazil’s Drug Addicts

A boy looks on as a policeman patrols the Jacarezinho slum during an operation to install Peacekeeping Unit (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A boy looks on as a policeman patrols the Jacarezinho slum during an operation to install Peacekeeping Unit (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A boy looks on as a policeman patrols the Jacarezinho slum during an operation to install Peacekeeping Unit (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A boy looks on as a policeman patrols the Jacarezinho slum during an operation to install Peacekeeping Unit (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A municipal agent leads a suspected crack user near the Jacarezinho slum during an operation to install Peacekeeping Unit (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

Children observe as a policeman patrols the Jacarezinho slum during an operation to install Peacekeeping Unit (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A youth looks on as a policeman patrols the Jacarezinho slum during an operation to install Peacekeeping Unit (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A woman, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, bends over near the Parque Uniao slum, Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A man, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, lies in a tent near the Parque Uniao slum, Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

Serginho, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, sits on a chair near the Parque Uniao slum, Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A woman, identified by municipal agents as suspected crack user, packs her belongings near the Parque Uniao slum, Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A policeman wakes a man, who is identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, near the Parque Uniao slum, Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A man, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, walks on the street near the Parque Uniao slum, Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

Serginho, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, walks on the street near the Parque Uniao slum, Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A man, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, carries his belongings near the Parque Uniao slum, Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A woman, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, covers herself with a sheet during an operation in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A woman, who was feeling sick and was identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, is carried to a municipal vehicle during an operation to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, near the Parque Uniao slum in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A woman, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, covers herself with a sheet during an operation to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, near the Parque Uniao slum in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

Municipal agents talk to a man, who agents say is a suspected crack user, during an operation to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, near Parque Uniao slum in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A man, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, is pictured during an operation to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, near the Parque Uniao slum in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A girl, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, covers herself with a sheet during an operation to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, near the Parque Uniao slum in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A man, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, covers himself with a sheet during an operation to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, near the Parque Uniao slum in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A man, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, covers his face with a T-shirt during an operation to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, near the Parque Uniao slum in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A girl, identified by municipal agents as a suspected crack user, looks on from the window of a municipal vehicle during an operation to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, near the Parque Uniao slum in Rio de Janeiro. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS

A woman, identified by municipal agents as suspected crack user, packs her belongings near the Parque Uniao slum, Rio de Janeiro. Ricardo Moraes/REUTERS

A man suspected by municipal agents as a crack user covers his face after being detained during an operation in the Madureira neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro. Pilar Olivares/REUTERS

A man suspected by municipal agents to be a crack user walks away during an operation in the Madureira neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro. Pilar Olivares/REUTERS

A suspected crack user is lead away by a municipal agent during an operation by Rio de Janeiro's Social Action Secretariat to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, in the Madureira neighborhood. Ricardo Moraes/REUTERS

A self-confessed crack user shows his Capoeira skills before being voluntarily taken to a shelter for rehabilitation during an operation by Rio de Janeiro's Social Action Secretariat in the Madureira neighborhood. Ricardo Moraes/REUTERS

Suspected crack users react during an operation by Rio de Janeiro's Social Action Secretariat to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, in the Madureira neighborhood. Ricardo Moraes/REUTERS

A municipal agent detains a suspected crack user during an operation by Rio de Janeiro's Social Action Secretariat to bring crack addicts to shelters for rehabilitation, in the Madureira neighborhood. Ricardo Moraes/REUTERS

Suspected crack users who refused to go to a shelter for rehabilitation are pictured during an operation by Rio de Janeiro's Social Action Secretariat in the Madureira neighborhood. Ricardo Moraes/ REUTERS