The prohibitionism, the "war against drugs" and the criminalization of poverty are elements in the political and ideological context, they have materialized themselves in the class struggle and they are used for social control. From excerpts taken from court decisions and manifestations of the Department of Justice, we show how much the ideologized discourses justify the criminalization of poor adolescents for drug traffic and place them as social enemies. Such discourses do not consider the contradictions and risks to which such adolescents are submitted daily.
Prohibitionism; Adolescents; Drug traffic; Criminalization of poverty; ECA; Antidrug Law (SISNAD)
