Latin America’s drug fight (PHOTOS)

Latin American countries are stuck in a vicious drugs cycle — mostly to serve a voracious appetite for narcotics in the United States. But drug use also has risen in the Americas and critics say the fight to crush the illicit drug trade is tearing up their societies.

An addict smokes crack on the street in an area called “Cracolandia” in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on Jan. 14, 2012.

Yasuyoshi Chiba