| Author | Bastos, Francisco Inácio Pinkusfeld Monteiro | |
| Author | Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira | |
| Author | Rossi, Diana | |
| Author | Vila, Marcelo | |
| Author | Malta, Monica Siqueira | |
| Access date | 2010-11-05T17:34:59Z | |
| Available date | 2010-11-05T17:34:59Z | |
| Document date | 2007 | |
| Citation | International Journal of Drug Policy 18 (2007) 99–106 | en_US |
| ISSN | 0955-3959 | |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/1276 | |
| Language | por | en_US |
| Publisher | ScienceDirect | en_US |
| Rights | open access | en_US |
| Title | The children of mama coca: Coca, cocaine and the fate of harm reduction in South America | en_US |
| Type | Article | en_US |
| Abstract | The paper reviews the main findings from substance misuse research carried out over the last two decades in South America looking at the
main initiatives aimed at reducing drug related harm and curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne
diseases. The current challenges faced by harm reduction in the region are analysed from the perspective of the history of coca and its different
uses in South America. Except in Brazil and Argentina, the implementation of initiatives to reduce drug related harm in South America has
been very cautious. The paper aims to link the analysis of harms associated with the use of illicit substances, with the often paradoxically
harmful effects of supply-side drug policies in the world’s largest coca/cocaine producing area. Despite the undeniable success of many
initiatives, the broader context of harm maximization through structural violence and entrenched corruption acts as a major disincentive for
the comprehensive adoption of sound public health policies. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation | en_US |
| Affilliation | Federal University of Minas Gerais | en_US |
| Affilliation | Asociacion Civil para el Estudio y Atencion de Problemas Relacionados con las Drogas | en_US |
| Affilliation | Asociacion Civil para el Estudio y Atencion de Problemas Relacionados con las Drogas | en_US |
| Affilliation | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation | en_US |
| Subject | Coca | en_US |
| Subject | Cocaine | en_US |
| Subject | South America Drug policy | en_US |
| Subject | War on drugs | en_US |
| Subject | Harm reduction | en_US |
