A Política internacional de drogas: mudanças nas políticas internacionais e na ONU?

Abstract

In recent years, the increase in illegal drug use worldwide has influenced the shift in the positioning of some countries and international organizations in relation to international drug policy. A "drug war", implemented in the 1970s, failed. Through it, the limits of repression, criminalization and resources aimed at combating production became apparent. In this way, still under development, the present research aims to present a UN agenda for the theme analyzing it from the less repressive policies adopted by some member countries, identifying their influence in the construction of the agenda. Still in the sense, through bibliographic review and document analysis, it also explains how ineffective actions to fight drugs, a need for revision of laws, the emergence of a new position among some countries and their impact caused in the international scenario. The hypothesis is that those countries which have changed the drug policy, in relations to the prohibitionist paradigm (Portugal, Canada, United States of America (EUA) and Uruguay), are basing the changes on the agenda of the United Nations.