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["Christian B. Schäffler" <APD_Info_Schweiz@compuserve.com>]

September 6, 1998
Adventist Press Service (APD)
Christian B. Schaeffler, Editor-in-chief
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BRAZIL. ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN MOBILISES MORE THAN 500
YOUTH
98/29/06

Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil, 06.09.1998  [ANN/APD] 
More than 500 young people participated in a march 
against drugs in the streets of Vitoria da Conquista, 
Bahia, Brazil, in early August. They were accompanied 
by trumpet fanfares that attracted the curiosity 
of many hundreds of spectators, giving the opportunity 
to distribute over 2,000 anti-drug pamphlets.

The event culminated in the city's main square with 
lectures and testimonies of former addicts, together 
with music from the vocal quartet Sandalus. Radio 
Novo Tempo provided full coverage of the whole event. 
In addition, 200 kilos of food were collected for an 
institution that works for the rehabilitation of 
alcoholics and drug addicts.