Vamos falar sobre drogas: o processo de construção do Regime Internacional de Controle de Drogas até a UNGASS 2016.

Abstract

This monograph introduces the International Drug Control Regime as an independent object of study, through a critical analysis of its political formation. The historical conformation of the principles for drug policies in the international system is approached from the beginning of the 20th century to the year of 2016, in which a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS 2016) on “The World Drug Problem” was convened. Willing to point out some incoherences of international policies on drugs, this work compares, from a conceptual perspective, the comprehensions on “drugs” held by the health field and by the political actors in the international system. To illustrate the scenario of (lack of) international political coordination, both analytical frameworks from international regimes theory and policy analysis theory are used. And to discuss the possibilities of political change for world drug policies, the principles of international policies on drugs are studied in terms of the Sustainable Development Goals, using the perspective of the Critical Peace Research study field. An analysis of the UNGASS 2016 results is also made, demonstrating that policies on drugs in the United Nations still couldn’t overcome its old framing. In its closure, a critical evaluation of this work is made, exposing its limits and possible future steps towards a research agenda on international drug policies.