![]() It is a descriptive, exploratory study with a qualitative approach. This study forms part of an integrated research program, "Profile of Crack Users and patterns of use", financed by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Edital MCT/CNPq 41/2010. Thus, this study aims to discover the trajectories of use and patterns of consumption among those who use crack in the city of Pelotas/RS. This challenge calls for an effective response from both government and society in constructing a program of integrated actions including practices related to promoting health (6). Moreover, growing consumption and problems related to crack use now pose a great challenge to implementing a care policy for drug problems in Brazil. Results from the latest household survey on psych-tropic drug use in Brazilindicate that 2.9% of those surveyed had used cocaine at least once, while fewer than 1% had used crack and that consumption of this substance had grown progressively in children and adolescents living on the street, especially in the South and Southeast of Brazil (4).Īlthough crack is not among the most commonly consumed illegal drugs in Brazil, the fact of its use being compulsive and the problems triggered by consuming it have made it a serious public health problem (5). In Brazil, the first reported use of the drug was in the city of São Paulo in 1989, when information from police reports of the first arrests for the drug began to circulate in magazines and newspapers (2).īecause of its stimulating, pleasurable effects, together with the low cost of dealing it, crack spread rapidly throughout Brazil in many different social classes, becoming perceived as a serious public problem in daily life of hitherto unknown proportions and of great impact on family and social life (3). One problem that is attracting attention, both of the public authorities, of health organizations and of society in general, is the growing consumption of psycho-tropic drugs, including crack use.Īccording to the literature, crack first appeared in poor neighborhoods of the United States in the 1980s, attracting mainly young people and users of injected cocaine, who found in smoking cocaine an alternative, low cost option with equally intense effects and without the risk of contracting HIV, meaning the product was viewed as the cocaine of drugs accessible to the poorer levels of society (1). Embora o uso de crack seja de forma compulsiva há aqueles que conseguem fazer um uso controlado da substância.ĭescritores: Usuários de Drogas Cocaína Crack Transtornos Relacionados ao uso de Substâncias. Os resultados apontam que a maioria dos usuários teve o primeiro contato com drogas ilícitas utilizando a maconha e outras formas de administração da cocaína até elegerem o crack como droga de escolha. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo-exploratório com abordagem qualitativa, realizado por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, com 14 pessoas acompanhadas pela Estratégia de Redução de Danos da cidade de Pelotas/RS. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi conhecer as trajetórias de uso, assim como o padrão de consumo da substância entre pessoas que consomem crack. Although crack use is compulsive, there are those who manage to control their use of substance.ĭescriptors: Drug Users Crack Cocaine Substance-Related Disorders. The results indicate that the majority of users' first contact with illegal drugs was with marihuana and other forms of cocaine, before choosing crack as their drug of choice. This is a descriptive-exploratory study with a qualitative approach, conducted with 14 individuals monitored by the Reduced Harm Strategy in the city of Pelotas/RS, using a semi-structured interview. The aim of this study was to discover trajectories of use as well as consumption patterns among those who use crack. IIIDoctoral Student, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil IIPhD, Adjunct Professor, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil ![]() Suelen Cardoso Leite I Michele Mandagará de Oliveira II Vania Dias Cruz III Encounters with crack: beginning, length of use, daily quantity and form of use
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