Adolescents, Street, Drugs and Psychoactive Substances: A Study on Risk and Protection

Santana, Juliana Prates; Raffaelli, Marcela; Vezedek, Lucas; Koller, Silvia Helena

doi:10.1590/0102.3772e37448

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Clinical Psychology and Culture • Psic.: Teor. e Pesq. 37 • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e37448 copy

Adolescents, Street, Drugs and Psychoactive Substances: A Study on Risk and Protection

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Abstract

The article describes the consumption of psychoactive substances (PSs) by street-involved children and adolescents (SCA) in three Brazilian state capitals and examines adverse life events due to drug involvement. The longitudinal study included 108 SCA (9-18 years old, both sexes), grouped according to the main reason for going to the street: drugs, caregivers, escape, work and freedom. It also discusses the impact of drugs, trafficking and the place that this theme has occupied in public policies, social interventions and the life trajectory of these participants, through a case study. It is intended that these data can support the operation of interventions and the formulation of public policies that guarantee integral protection.

Keywords
adolescents; street; drugs; risk; protection

PSs	Use in lifetime (%)	Age of 1st consumption^a (M / SD)	Use in past year (%)	Use in last month (%)
Cigarettes	77.8	11.11 / 2.40	59.9	39.3
Alcohol	75	11.31 / 2.67	54.2	28
Marijuana	67.6	11.66 / 2.14	50	35.2
Cocaine	49.1	12.35 / 2.36	31.5	10.2
Solvents	31.5	12.19 / 3.32	15.4	8.7
*Crack*	26.7	11.82 / 2.37	15.4	5.8

	Street Drugs (D)	Street Caregivers (C)	Street Escape (E)	Street Work (W)	Street Freedom (F)
Total types of PSs used in lifetime	4.67 (1.68)^{C, F}	2.26 (2.44)^{D, E}	3.65 (2.39)^C	3.75 (1.91)	3.15 (2.00)^D
Total types of PSs used in last year	3.54 (1.66)^{C, E, W}	0.89 (1.59)^{D, E, F}	2.38 (2.18)^{D, C}	1.83 (2.20)^D	2.45 (1.99)^C
Sold drugs	2.96 (1.73)^{C, E, F}	1.42 (1.12)^D	1.90 (1.54)^D	2.25 (1.66)	1.65 (1.23)^D
Adverse Events in Childhood	16.24 (3.81)	16.2 (5.06)	18.25 (3.69)	17 (5.25)	15.71 (4.97)
Intensity of bond with caretakers	1.96 (0.73)^E	2.1 (0.79)^E	1.32 (0.54)^{D, C, F}	1.91 (0.79)	1.90 (0.70)^F
Intensity of bond with the street	2.36 (0.63)	2.4 (0.75)	1.61 (0.71)	2 (0.43)	2.38 (0.74)
Intensity of bond with institutions	1.6 (0.70)	1.9 (0.85)	1.61 (0,71)	1.92 (0.79)	1.57 (0.75)

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