Consumo de cannabis na região da fronteira entre Brasil e Uruguai: olhar sistêmico e temporal a partir da Teoria Bioecológica do Desenvolvimento Humano

Abstract

This study was carried out by means of the research "Identification of Indicators for the monitoring and evaluation of the impacts of the new Uruguayan policy of regulating the Cannabis market on public health and drug consumption in the border zone between Brazil and Uruguay". It was used the qualitative database of one of the municipalities of macro research. This qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study aimed to understand the interrelationships and influences of the Brazil and Uruguay border on Cannabis consumption from a bioecological perspective. We interviewed 14 Cannabis users living in a city on the Brazil / Uruguay border. The data were collected through the snowball technique, by semi-structured interview, in October 2016 and April 2017, analyzed through Content Analysis, and explored with the aid of the Bioecological Theory of Human Development. The study resulted in four scientific articles: the first entitled "Bioecological Theory of Human Development: Faces for Research on Cannabis Consumption on the Frontier"; the second, "Influences of the bioecological microsystem and mesosystem on the consumption of Cannabis in a city of the border between Brazil and Uruguay"; the third, "Bioecological Exosystem and Macrosystem of the border between Brazil and Uruguay and their Interrelationships with the consumption of Cannabis" and the fourth "Regulation of the consumption of Cannabis in Uruguay: influences on the border with Brazil considering the temporal aspect" . The findings of this study allowed us to understand the consumption of Cannabis by residents of the Brazilian border, as well as to reflect on the nuances that involve practice in a space of antagonistic policies. However, studies that discuss new alternatives to drug prohibition, based on human rights and health care, can serve as a reflection of the current Brazilian drugs policy.