O uso abusivo de substâncias psicoativas entre a população em situação de rua: caminhos para a cidadania

Abstract

This study was developed based on the empirical experience during the supervised curricular internship at the institution Projeto Levanta-te e Anda, proposes to analyze the challenges and strategies for the implementation of comprehensive health policies, in their biopsychosocial aspects aimed at the population in situation street, portraying in the context of the phenomenon that emerges in capitalist society, characterizing and profiling in Salvador from a brief historical context that portrays inequality, exclusion and the various forms of manifestations of the social issue. The method used was the dialectic method, of Marxist origin, which is based on man as a subject inserted in a contradictory social reality. Conducted through a bibliographic search to deepen the knowledge on the theme, from the consultation of authors who analyze these expressions and manifestations of the social issue such as: social exclusion, poverty and inequality, articulating them the problem of the abuse of psychoactive substances among the homeless population and social welfare policies, through data, censuses and research carried out. The approach will cover the categories: gender, race and ethnicity, and aims to contextualize the phenomenon of homeless people, considering their general aspects and characteristics. In addition, document analysis was used through the material produced in the internship field, as well as all material produced in the intervention project and daily production.