«By the time we realize what's about to happen, it will be too late for human lives,» says the well-known visual artist Manolis Charos in an interview published as a podcast by the newspaper *Avgi* on its website.
Mr. Haros speaks of the creation of a «monstrosity» that constitutes «an insult to those who went through the KETHEA», regarding the government's recent decision to convert the country's largest treatment center for people with substance use disorders, into a bureaucratic entity staffed by our own appointees, which distorts its character and mission.













