Cuban father on the rise of drugs in the streets: "There are neighborhoods where there is a dealer on every block, even two."

The lawyer Manuel Viera, very popular on Facebook for his comments on Cuban reality and his criticisms of the government, expressed his concern about the rise of drugs in the country.

Viera shared a news story from CiberCuba about the activist Alberto Turís Betancourt Pérez, who went out to the street on Wednesday to protest against drug sales in his neighborhood, Jesús María, in Old Havana.

In his message, he points out that the increase of drugs in the country is a reality that no one can deny, a widely known secret that everyone is aware of.

"Cuba is today inundated with drugs, and a chemical costs less than a soda. There are neighborhoods where there is a seller on every block, even two. Those of us with teenage children don't sleep from worry every time they go out onto the street. The drugs not only hook them, dumb them down, and even kill them, but they also promote violence," he said.

Viera recounted that 15 days ago a friend bought a house in the Buena Vista neighborhood, Playa municipality, and is already selling it because she discovered that the neighborhood is full of drugs.

"The sector leaders know every opponent in their sector, every confused person, they know where every potential criminal lives, every sanctioned individual. So, why don't they know where every trafficker, every distributor, every seller, every producer, every consumer lives? The question in the face of the relentless advance of evil would be... what is being done to eradicate it?" he questioned.

Last Wednesday, activist Betancourt Pérez went out into the street with a sign in each hand, shouting that in his block: Gloria, between Carmen and Rastro, drugs such as chemicals, crack, and heroin are sold.

"The complicity of the regime is evident; the police do not act, mothers are tired of having their things stolen, the people are dying and no one is interested," she expressed.

"With impunity, they are destroying youth in Cuba. A 'chemical' is worth less than a soda. They get high every day, they live for that, enough is enough," she emphasized.

The protester emphasized that his life may be at risk because he is no longer just speaking out against the regime, but also against all the crime that sells drugs without any kind of punishment.