Guerra contra las Drogas o Guerra contra la Salud? Los retos para la salud pública de la política de Drogas de Puerto Rico / War on Drugs or War against Health? The pitfalls for public health of Puerto Rican drug policy
P. R. health sci. j
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22(1): 49-59, Mar. 2003.
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-356202
RESUMO
Puerto Rico has followed the United States in adopting drug policy sustained on a criminal justice model that limits the opportunities to address problematic drug use through public health interventions. Demand for illegal drugs is controlled by criminalizing drug use and applying jail sentences for drug offenses. These strategies marginalize drug users and reduce opportunities to minimize health risks applying public health measures. Production and sale of illegal drugs is criminalized with the intent of dissuading drug use, with adverse unintended health effects that impact both drug users and non-drug users in the community. The present work reviews the assumptions of the punitive prohibitionist model and its outcomes that present themselves as public health challenges in Puerto Rico. It also presents those principles that should sustain pragmatic drug policy to address problematic drug use from a health and social perspective.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Illicit Drugs
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Public Health
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Substance-Related Disorders
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Drug and Narcotic Control
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Government Programs
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Health Policy
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
North America
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Caribbean
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Puerto Rico
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
P. R. health sci. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Puerto Rico
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Carlos Albizu/PR
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