Jul 26, 2025 · 444K views · 📍 São Paulo, Brazil · Cracolândia, São Paulo
Nick Shirley documents Cracolândia, an open-air drug market zone in São Paulo, Brazil, where crack cocaine and synthetic drugs are used openly on the streets. He interviews locals, a former drug trafficker, an addict, and a police officer about how police dispersal of the original Cracolândia zone spread drug users throughout the city. The video focuses on drug addiction and homelessness, not government-program fraud.
Why it's not on the fraud stats: Off map: documentary on Brazil's open-air drug market.
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