Abstract

LLOVERA, María Soledad  and  SCIALLA, Marina. Drug Policies in Argentina (2003-2015): Reflections on the Struggle Between the Inherited and the Reformulated. Temas debates (En línea) [online]. 2017, n.34, pp.77-99. ISSN 1853-984X.

In this article we propose to analyze the way in which public policies for people on situacion of drug use and adiction have been structured in the long decade between the years 2003 and 2015. We will make a tour of the main milestones which allow us to talk about the “drug problema”. We will review public documents, current legislation, journalistic articles and specialized bibliography, in order to reflect on the tensions, contradictions and heterogeneities that arise in argentine national legislation to address the consumption of ilegal substances. We will characterize the validity of two regulations as dissimilar as the Drug Law N° 23.737 and the Law of Mental Health N° 26.657 as the result of a long struggle between the inherited and the reformulated, not yet resolved.

Keywords : Drugs; Prohibitionism; Harm reduction; Public policies.

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