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1339/2011 - Reflections on Drug Policy in Brazil
Reflexões sobre Políticas de Drogas no Brasil

Author:

• Tarcisio Matos de Andrade - Andrade, T.M. - Salvador - Bahia, BA - Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia da Universidade Federal da Bahia - <tarcisio@ufba.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde Mental

Abstract:

This article brings you some reflections on drug policy in Brazil since the early moments of the fight against HIV / AIDS among injecting drug users. In the first two chapters, taking as its starting point the needle exchange programs (SEPs), the author discusses the path of the Harm Reduction Policy in Brazil and the role it played by the Department of STD, AIDS and Viral Hepatitis / Ministry of Health . The third chapter brings the actions developed by the National Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs and the Office of Drug Policy - SENAD, from the retraction of the Department of STD and AIDS in drug policy, as well as the emergence of PEAD and "Plan Crack", while contingency plans to cope with the increased consumption of crack in the country. In the fourth and fifth chapters are discussed the provisions of the current Brazilian policy on drugs, its limitations related mainly to the weakness of the Family Health Strategy and are critically analyzed some of the actions foreseen in the PEAD and the "Plan Crack." In the sixth chapter the author brings the effects of repression in the name of combating trafficking in Brazilian policy on drugs from backdrop of marginalization and social exclusion of users. Finally, some propositions are presented to the Policy on Alcohol and Drugs in Brazil.

Keywords:

Public Health Drug Policy Harm Reduction Brazil

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