Inteligência forense: o programa nacional de integração de dados periciais sobre drogas como instrumento de formulação estatal

Abstract

This article presents the National Program for the Integration of Forensic Drug Data (PNIDD) as an institutional response to the historical fragmentation, dispersion, and underutilization of forensic drug data in Brazil. It is based on the recognition that national public policy still faces weaknesses in monitoring, methodological heterogeneity among official forensic agencies, and limited coordination between public security, public health, and state administration. The study aims to examine how forensic chemistry, forensic toxicology, forensic epidemiology, and forensic intelligence, when integrated within the PNIDD, can go beyond the evidentiary function of individual forensic reports and contribute to the formulation, monitoring, and evaluation of evidence-based drug policies. Methodologically, this is a qualitative bibliographic and documentary study based on the analysis of regulatory and institutional documents, specialized literature, and recent empirical evidence. The results indicate that the PNIDD represents the most consistent national initiative aimed at standardizing, integrating, and strategically using forensic drug information, with the potential to strengthen early warning systems, expand the State’s diagnostic capacity, and foster closer integration between security and health policies. It is concluded that the program may reposition forensic science as a relevant knowledge base for state action, provided that its implementation is accompanied by data governance, methodological harmonization, institutional sustainability, and effective federative integration.