Políticas Públicas de Prevenção às Drogas: uma análise crítica através do PROERD

Abstract

The present dissertation has the intention of pondering about public policies of drug prevention, more specifically, the contribution of PROERD – Educational Program of Drug Resistance – as primary prevention program applied to youths at schools in Montes Claros, in the year of 2003. Hence, it was necessary to search through field research, allied to theoretical referential, answers, even though partially, queries referring to use prevention and drugs, abuse, by adolescents. Therefore, accomplished an approach of detailed report conceptual of the drugs, that is, to join its use to different conflicts lived by the particular person in the western society. The use of drugs, said licit or illicit, has a historical role, and convert, with the time goes through, in a problem that requires guided public policies. At this moment, also, are considered evaluations, definitions, classifications and typifications of the drugs. Besides, consider the relation adolescent, drug and criminality. The proposition is to discuss the thematic ―drugs‖, in the youth context, bringing about some notions that move up around considerations about adolescence, which are, evaluations, risk factors and protection and socioeconomic cost of drug use. A part from this, discussions concerning to public policies in general enable that public policies of drug prevention can be liable of comprehension.