From the Criminalization of Substances to the “War on Drugs” Policy: A Century of Prohibitionism in Brazil

From the Criminalization of Substances to the “War on Drugs” Policy: A Century of Prohibitionism in Brazil

Abstract In 1921, Decree 4,294 defined prohibitionism as the referential model of state response to drugs in Brazil. One century later, not only is the approach still enshrined in national legislation but also materialized in a complex institutional and bureaucratic network of governance and public...

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Main Authors: José Guilherme Magalhães e Silva, Luís Felipe Zilli, Letícia Godinho de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Direito 2024-06-01
Series:Revista Direito GV
Subjects:
Drugs
war on drugs
prohibitionism
public policies on drugs
criminalization of drugs
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-24322024000100215&lng=en&tlng=en
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