Política integrada de drogas no município de Juiz de Fora/MG - JF+Vida: uma análise guiada pelas narrativas de sujeitos protagonistas sobre a trajetória de uma política pública, seus avanços e retrocessos

Abstract

The purpose of this master's thesis is to discuss drug policy in Brazil throughout history and its relationship with prohibitionist logic. Health and drug policies in the context of capital are presented in a minimal way, in accordance with neoliberal dictates. The advances regarding the guarantee of rights, autonomy and care, based on the Psychiatric Reform, are experiencing a backward movement; the freezing of funding for public policies and the transfer of execution and management to the third sector compromise the expansion of citizenship and social participation. In this sense, the present master's thesis seeks to analyze the emergence and the historical process of construction of the Municipal Drug Policy in the city of Juiz de Fora-MG, drug prohibitionism, and to identify, through people who played a leading role, the milestones and historical events that shaped the political and assistance scenario for the implementation of JF+Vida. In this sense, the present master's thesis seeks to analyze the emergence and the historical process of construction of the Municipal Drug Policy in the city of Juiz de Fora-MG, drug prohibitionism, and to identify, through people who played a leading role, the milestones and historical events that shaped the political and assistance scenario for the implementation of JF+Vida. A qualitative methodological approach was chosen. The data collection technique used was the semi-structured interview. Twelve protagonists of the JF+Vida Plan participated in the research. The information was analyzed using the discourse analysis methodology. It was verified that the first municipal Plan of Integrated Policies on Drugs, the JF+Vida, was a municipal government project, and had the same durability as the government administration that implemented it. Given this situation, the research highlighted the need to build a Municipal Drug Policy that takes into account social participation and that of drug users. Finally, this work highlights the presence of ultraneoliberal conservatism in the current context with regard to public policy discussions.