Main Problems
Alcoholism and illiteracy are the main problems of this place, affecting mainly the old people. In the 1970s/1980s, there was a wide spread of drugs consumption and sale in Praia de Valadares, which decreased in the 1990s as a consequence of the growing urban development. There is also some prostitution in the forest zones.
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