The parliamentary debate on the new drug policy in the Chamber of Deputies: discursive and biopolitical formations

• Autor(a) principal: Cerqueira, Wanessa Gabrielle Maia
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Barros, Antonio Teixeira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Direitos Humanos e Democracia
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.unijui.edu.br/index.php/direitoshumanosedemocracia/article/view/11000
• topic: Poder Legislativo. Discurso Político. Análise de Discurso. Política de Drogas.; Brazilian Legislature. Political speech. Discourse Analysis. Drug Policy.

This article analyzes the parliamentary debate on the new National Drug Policy (Law No. 13,840 / 19) in the Chamber of Deputies. The objective is to identify the discursive formations on which such discourses are based, correlating them with visions guided by biopolitics. The research problem is expressed by the following question: what are the predominant ideologies in the parliamentary debate about the production, commercialization and consumption of psychoactive substances? The hypothesis that guides the study consists of the premise that parliamentarians have progressively adopted a sanitary discourse, treating users as sick individuals who need state protection to take care of their health, through compulsory hospitalization. In order to carry out the research, we analyzed the shorthand notes of the debates during the vote on the matter at the Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies, totaling 70 pronouncements. The conclusions confirm the hypothesis, with the predominance of health discourse formation. In addition, the following were identified: a punitivist discursive formation, which advocates more rigor in punishing traffickers; a libertarian discursive formation, identified in few statements, which is based on respect for free will, without State interference in the individual's private life.