Crack Addicts and Social Reintegration: Reflections on a Case Study

• Autor(a) principal: Lacerda, Bibiana Lima De
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Palmeiro, Paolo Gomes, Kazmirczak, Adria Mikoczak, Mascarenhas, Marcello Ávila
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira Multidisciplinar
• Texto Completo: http://revistarebram.com/index.php/revistauniara/article/view/33
• topic: Cocaine/crack; Addiction; Public policies; Public health.; Cocaína/crack; Dependência; Políticas públicas; Saúde pública

The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of 30 years old users, or upper, after a first hospital stay, in the Chemical Dependency Center of Parque Belém Hospital, in Porto Alegre / RS, and to reflect on their return to social life. We adopted a sample of crack users (n = 81) provided by the database. It has been found that readmitted users, with 30 years or more, are in the minority, 30.9% of cases; and 72% had access to hospital treatment by court order. These addicts used crack in combination with alcohol (40%) or in combination with other drugs (44%); it was also revealed that 16% had some associated clinical disease. With this study, we can observe the difficulties of gaining access to specialized care with quality, as guaranteed in the Brazilian legislation.