OBJECTIVE: To establish the socioeconomic and demographic profile of residentsfrom a community with high indicators of drug-related violence. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional research, using a structured questionnaire applied to 358 inhabitants of a community with high levels of violence related to drug abuse. RESULTS: The participants had a mean age of 44.1 years, most of them were women (68.2%), with white race/skin color (57.5%) and 36.3% had studied for nine to 11 years. The mean household income per capita was R$534 reais. Only five (1.4%) participants reported unknowing drug use in the community. Drug use in the family was reported by 19.8% of participants, while 2.5% used crack. Two hundred and ninety people (81.0%) knew other inhabitants who were drug users. CONCLUSION: There was a high perception of the presence of drugs; and the spread of drug use and inclusion of crack within the family context.
Street drugs; Violence; Nursing; Public health nursing; Community health nursing
