Las dificultades de los consumidores de drogas ilícitas para ser actores sociales en México

Abstract

This paper explores some struggles of illegal drugs consumers to become social actors in the definition of public policies in México. It starts with a discussion about an antidrug policy emerged in a foreign social context taken as Mexican national policy showing how public health policies about drugs are subordinated to security drug policies. It then continues exploring consumers’ struggles to see themselves as active social actors in drugs public policies definition. In contrast, it finally presents who are active social actors in drugs public policies definition showing drugs consumers absence and the failure of resulting policies.