Drugs legalization under the bioethics of protection perspective

Abstract

Brazilians is still marked by social inequality that involves characteristic problems of underdeveloped countries,such as poverty, hunger, misery, violence. Drugs legalization in the country presents itself as a complexand challenging issue that requires a contextualized and differentiated discussion, when it comes to designingpublic policies fairly applicable. The study aims to reflect on drugs legalization under the light of bioethicsof protection, which considers Latin-American countries contingencies with their specificities and providessubsidies for discussions and management on the matter. Methodology consisted of searching, reading anddiscussing articles accessed in Virtual Health Library databases, books and official documents that deal withpolicies and legislation on drugs. The construction of the article made it possible to understand the complexityof the issue and the need of overcoming the naive understanding and the extremist positions of repressionor excessive legalization in relation to illicit drugs consumption.