Política criminal de drogas no Brasil: origem e efeitos do modelo proibicionista

Abstract

The analisys of brasilian drug policy has as purpose prove the failures of prohibitionist model in the theoric and practice field, showing its negative effects on criminal justice and prison system. For that, it is necessary to evaluate how this model was established and adopted materially, in order to understand the difficulty that Brazil in adopted alternatives policies of control. This analysis allowed a critical approach to several articles of Law 11.343/06 and the way in which the drug law is applied by criminal justice. In addition, the consequences of an essentially repressive criminal drug policy on drug consumption and trade, as well as mass incarceration, were addressed. Finally, was examined and proposed alternatives models of control of drugs and suggested ways of application these models to for brazilian reality.