Summary
This is the article in Jalisco, western Mexico. According to authorities, the patients in the rehabilitation shelter treating alcohol and drug abuse were rescued from there. They had been living at an overcrowded shelter and they showed signs of abuse, for example the scar of beaten and burned with cigarettes. And more, most of the patients are minors. Authoroties said it is a subhuman and inappropriate treatment and are accusing the persons concerned the shelter. They said they are now in the process of ensuring all drug rehabilitation shelters in Jalisco treat their patients with dignity.
My opinion
Before anything else, I was surprised at the cruel treatment. Even if humans absorbed in drug, they must be human being. So they have the right to receive suitable treatment, I sure. Certainly, I also feel too many people are absorbed in drug, especially minors. In Japan I have never heard such a problem. So I suppose the economic condition is bad and the income gap is big in Mexico. I think these cause this affair indirectly. Of course, regulation against the facilities are important and effective, but for drastic solution, the government has to make an effort to improve the social condition, I am convinced.