2020-07-012020-07-012020-07-012020-06-29https://ri.ucsal.br/handle/prefix/1619This article deals with how foreign public policies, more precisely that of the United States of America, influence the elaboration of Brazilian domestic policies. The question that the article aims to answer is what are the influences pronounced by the drug war in the USA, in the Brazilian context, with the general objective of analyzing the influence of the drug war on Brazilian public policies to combat drug trafficking; and as specific objectives, the identification of how these influences act in Brazilian public policies to combat drug trafficking and the reflection on the effectiveness of these public influences in Bahia. To this end, the methodology used in the article is bibliographic review and document analysis.Acesso AbertoPolíticas públicasGuerra às drogasNarcotráficoBrasilEUAPublic policiesWar on drugsDrug traffickingBrazilTrabalho de Conclusão de CursoCiências Sociais AplicadasDireito