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Self-confessed drug users in Manila attend mandatory exercise classes to turn over a new leaf

  MANDALUYONG, Philippines (Eagle News) — A suburb in Manila is helping self-confessed drug users turn over a new leaf by forcing them into a weekly dance exercise routine. About 70 drug users, who had recently surrendered to the police in the suburb of Mandaluyong, were given an hour-long Zumba class as part of the local government’s unorthodox rehabilitation program. Zumba is a dance fitness activity created by a Colombian dancer in the 1990s, involving […]