"Campo minado" : a prevenção ao abuso de drogas em escolas de territótios socialmente vulneráveis

Abstract

This study had as a primary objective to analyze in what way the prevention of drug abuse in school's occurs in the county of Porto Alegre, with the end goal of creating a system of the previous existing knowledge that contributes to the qualification of the approach and the existing programs in this area. The drug phenomena in society is comprehended as multidimensional, involving biological, psychological and social aspects, which suggests the necessity of a reformulation in strategies and responses to attend the demands that surface from this issue, once we understand that reality is in constant motion and transformation. The research is of a qualitative nature, having as a base the critical dialectical method and it utilized the semi-structured interview in the data collection process. The data were submitted to content analysis. The data were gathered in 13 schools of Porto Alegre's county network, in wich 26 professionals were interviewed, one teacher and one pedagogical advisor/director or vice director. The reality in which this schools are situated was portrayed through the metaphor of the “minefield”, once a series of factors that difficult the execution of projects and programs for drug abuse prevention was exposed, especially in schools that are located in socially vulnerable areas, partially due to the yet little investment in public politics, reflecting, in this way, the structural violence, among other types that are visible in this regions. The strong and constant presence of drug trafficking in the territories has caused a geographical reorientation that is impacting negatively in the access to the social rights of the population. There is an initiative of networking to make the services articulation viable, so that the obstacles encountered can be “disarmed”, placing a bet in interdisciplinarity and intersectoriality to guide the actions in this scenario. It is demonstrated the necessity to surpass discontinued approaches that only explicit the drug's effects, in search of actions that have as an objective the full protection of children and adolescents, so that they don't find in the drug market their only way of social belonging and integration.