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Glue-Sniffing Ruins Young Lives in Nairobi

World (tags: world, Nairobi, addiction, children, africa )

Advocacy
- 376 days ago - advocacynet.org

An estimated 60,000 children live on the streets of Nairobi, and almost all are addicted to some sort of inhalant.



Comments

Lil Judd (70)

Thursday November 8, 2007, 2:04 pm
And not just there - Brazil has a huge problem with this....

Linda D. (49)

Thursday November 8, 2007, 10:13 pm
So terribly sad that they turn to inhalants to blunt the hunger and fear in their lives. No child should be homeless. Society has failed them.

Carolyn T. (201)

Friday November 9, 2007, 10:56 am
noted, Heather. I agree with you, Linda, and Lil Judd makes a valid point: this is a global epidemic among our young.