Physical and mental health problems are also common among drug users. Precarious social policies, low level of education, low participation in the labor market, poor family relationships and conflicts in one’s family are risk factors for drug use. Perfil dos usuários de crack e/ou similares no Brasil. Women account for 21.3% of crack users in drug use areas ( Bastos, Bertoni, Salganik, & Feehan, 2013 Bastos, F.T., Bertoni, N., Salganik, M., & Feehan, D. Paradigms of public policies for licit and illicit drugs in Brazil. In Brazil, according to the most recent survey, 4% of the population has consumed cocaine at least once in their lives and around 1.5% has used crack cocaine ( Gigliotti, Ribeiro, Aguilera, Rezende, & Perrenoud, 2014 Gigliotti, A., Ribeiro, M., Aguilera, A.T., Rezende, E., & Perrenoud, L.O. However, the Americas present the most problematic use of cocaine, considering cocaine use and trafficking are more prominent in South America, particularly in Brazil, due to its geographical location and its large urban population ( UNODC, 2014 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The World Drug Report, compiled by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2013, indicated that 17 million people used cocaine at least once during the past year ( UNODC, 2013 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Cocaine addiction is one of the most challenging diseases worldwide.
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