A dinâmica do crack em Cachoeira/BA: da ‘guerra às drogas’ ao processo de estigmatização

Abstract

This research consists of a sociological approach that treats drug use as a social fact, historically and routinely reproduced through the actions of individuals in their interaction processes. Through the comprehensive approach, we seek to determine how you set up the drug in Cachoeira, analyzing a set of actions related to the consumption of crack and other drugs. This is a qualitative study, operationalized by the technique of semi-structured interviews conducted with crack users, former users, traffickers and police. The objective is to analyze the dynamics of the consumption of crack in reality of Cachoeira/BA, addressing the effects of the international politics of the drug war, permeating the social representations about the crack, especially regarding the process of stigmatization of users. These research findings reveal aspects that do not appear in searches conducted in other countries or in Brazilian studies, especially with regard to the dynamics of the drug trade and the latter's association with the levels of violence and crime.