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QUEIROZ, Isabela Saraiva de. Os programas de redução de danos como espaços de exercício da cidadania dos usuários de drogas. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2001, vol.21, n.4, pp. 2-15. ISSN 1414-9893.

This work presents the possibility of recognizing damage reduction programs as spaces for the exercising of drug users’ citizenship. The author has two main objectives: convince the reader, through a historic review, of the insufficiency of existing treatments in pointing effective solutions for drug use and abuse; and present the damage reduction programs as a different alternative for this problem, offering to the user a space in the reconstruction of his place as a citizen.

Palavras-chave : Drug use; Damage reduction; Citizenship.