Study of cocaine seizures through spatial analysis

Mayrla Emília Dantas Vasconcelos,Sayonara Maria Lia Fook,Ivana Maria Fechine,Ricardo Alves De Olinda,Nícia Stellita Da Cruz Soares,Marina Lia Fook Meira Braga

doi:10.33448/rsd-v10i3.13571

Abstract

Cocaine trafficking and consumption continues to prosper despite the public policies that are in force in Brazil, despite its use for thousands of years, it is currently a public health problem. This study aimed to report the sociodemographic variables of individuals apprehended with cocaine and who were framed in Law n°. 11,343 of August 2006, in the municipality of Campina Grande, in 2017. It was a hybrid study, with a transversal, retrospective cut and ecological, with a quantitative approach. The neighborhood area variable was distributed in thematic maps and the spatial autocorrelation was measured by the Moran Global and Local indexes, which quantify the degree of autocorrelation. 210 cocaine seizures were recorded, of which 146 occurred in the municipality of Campina Grande, of these, only 94 presented all the data and were considered in this study. The months of September (n = 14) and October (n = 13) had the highest records of seizures. As for the pattern of use, crack in the yellowish stone form was predominant (n = 46), followed by cocaine hydrochloride in the form of white powder (n = 40). The profile of the individual apprehended with cocaine in the municipality was that of a young, single, unemployed and with low level of education. The predominant framework was drug trafficking (n = 75) according to Article nº. 33 of Law nº. 11,343 / 2006. The neighborhoods that registered the highest number of seizures were José Pinheiro (n = 15) and Pedregal (n = 8). The Moran General and Local indexis (p> 0.05), did not show spatial dependence between neighboring neighborhoods, that is, there is no autocorrelation for the analyzed variable.

Highlights

In Brazil, the problem of drugs is the subject of discussions in various spheres of public policy, attempts to remedy or control the disorder are recurrent
This spread began to disturb government officials and the Brazilian elite, which promptly, in 1921, implemented a law that forbade the use of opium, morphine, heroin and cocaine in the country, whose accused was liable to severe punishment
The restriction on the use of drugs remains until today, receiving additions and changes over the years according to social need, and the reasoning of the public policy framework around the regularization of drug use and narcotics in Brazil begins (Carvalho, 2011)

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In Brazil, the problem of drugs is the subject of discussions in various spheres of public policy, attempts to remedy or control the disorder are recurrent. At the time of the great industrial explosion and modernization of the country in 2009, the use of drugs, which previously was restricted to some upper-class youths who frequented brothels, started to occupy other social spheres such as low-income people and homeless people, classes considered at the time as dangerous and risky to society (Brasil, 2009). This spread began to disturb government officials and the Brazilian elite, which promptly, in 1921, implemented a law that forbade the use of opium, morphine, heroin and cocaine in the country, whose accused was liable to severe punishment. The decree classified addiction to drugs as a “compulsory notification disease”, which should be treated in specialized centers and not at home, creating a range of psychiatric hospitals, as provided in article 29§ 1st (Rio de Janeiro, 1938)

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