Historique
Périodique
A pointless war : drugs and violence in Brazil
(Une guerre vaine : drogues et violence au Brésil)
Auteur(s) :
LULIANELLI J. A. S. ;
GUANABARA L. P. ;
FRAGA, P. C. P. ;
BLICKMAN, T. ;
TNI (Transnational Institute)
Année
2004
Page(s) :
1-32
Sous-type de document :
N° spécial de revue / Special issue of a journal
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
23
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus mots-clés
VIOLENCE
;
TRAFIC
;
PAUVRETE
;
LEGISLATION
;
CANNABIS
;
MILIEU RURAL
;
MILIEU URBAIN
;
BIDONVILLE
;
ORGANISATION CRIMINELLE
Thésaurus géographique
BRESIL
Note générale :
Drugs and Conflict, Debate Papers, 2004, (11), 1-32
Note de contenu :
fig. ; ill. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The illicit drugs industry fuels Brazil's tremendous social and criminal violence problems.The levels of violence related to drug trafficking in urban centres are comparable to a war zone. Guns kill more young people below the age of 18 each year in Rio de Janeiro than in Colombia. In the rural North-East of Brazil, in the socalled "marijuana polygon", the levels of violence are sometimes even higher due to brutal land disputes and conflicts related to the illicit cultivation of marijuana. In this issue of Drugs & Conflict, the background to the drugs-related violence in the North-East marijuana cultivation area, as well as in the favelas in Rio, is described. The new drug law that is being evaluated in Congress is also reviewed. Although the new law is a step forward for making a clear distinction between a trafficker and a user, the question remains whether that will effectively address the problem give the limited scope of the new law. It is clear that drugs are not the root of the problem and that current drug control policies only boost the violence that accompanies social conflicts in Brazil.This is a enormous challenge for the government of president Lula. In coalition with other reform-minded nations, Brazil could help construct a harm reduction policy in the area of drug control, comprising the complete chain from production to consumption - a policy in which the cure is not worse than the disease. (Editor' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Transnational Institute, Paulus Pottersttraat 20, 1071 DA Amsterdam
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.