Youth drug recovery a heritage that enriches Italy says Mattarella

Italy's high rates of youth drug

recovery are a heritage that enriches the country, President

Sergio Mattarella said on World Drug Day Friday.

"Even just the recovery of one person, given the immeasurable

value of each person, is an extraordinary, inestimable success,"

said Mattarella, speaking at a ceremony at the Quirinale Palace

for the UN's International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit

Trafficking, also known as World Drug Day

"The recovery and rediscovery of the lives and futures of so

many young people, thanks to the work of communities,

facilities, and so many volunteers, is a heritage that enriches

our country.

"For this reason, our heartfelt thanks are profound."

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