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<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the youthful populati<strong>on</strong> at risk and the undisputed harm that results<br />

from chr<strong>on</strong>ic abuse <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> inhalants.<br />

N<strong>on</strong>etheless, it is important to menti<strong>on</strong> several programs that work with<br />

street children. Some, such as the Informati<strong>on</strong> and Educati<strong>on</strong> Center for<br />

the Preventi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Drug <str<strong>on</strong>g>Abuse</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Generati<strong>on</strong>, and Centro Integración de<br />

Menores en Aband<strong>on</strong>o have shelters where street children are <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fered<br />

transiti<strong>on</strong> to a less marginal lifestyle. Teams <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> street educators provide<br />

the children with practical soluti<strong>on</strong>s and gain their c<strong>on</strong>fidence, as well as<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fer them alternative socializati<strong>on</strong> experiences to help them survive the<br />

streets and avoid the <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten repressive and counterproductive<br />

envir<strong>on</strong>ments typical <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> many instituti<strong>on</strong>s. Most <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the children who go<br />

through these programs tend to aband<strong>on</strong> inhalant use as they mature out<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> street life.<br />

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