Juventude, drogas e violência no município de Conceição da Feira- Ba

Abstract

The present work discasses the issue of drug use by young people from Conceição da Feira and the violence that isrelated to this practice within the city. Violence is taking away the tranquility of its residents and preventing one of their fundamental rights is to come and go. Conceição da Feira is a small city that in the past not too distant was considered very quiet, but today it suffers the sad reality that affects every country and not even she who did not follow the rapid progress compared to the municipalities of the same size got rid of this threat of drugs and violence. We know that these are problems generated by the inequalities that form the basis of our society, society that most of the wealth is accumulated in the hands of few people which makes people as well as young people seek easy means of survival. For although drug use is embedded in a historical and cultural context, at a given moment it takes alarming proportions that it is no longer the simple use of recreational way, becoming part of an illegal market where violence is used to maintain practice. In this way the field work sought to diagnose this phenomenon, however the methodology used was a qualitative research, based on a bibliographical and documentary research on the subject, besides visits and interviews in order to obtain information that reached the results. It isconcluded that there is indeed an increase in the involvement of young people with drugs and violence within the city. At the same time the actions of the community and the lack of municipal public policies aimed at this public were identified as a way to keep them away from drugs and as a guarantee of a better future.