Consumo de bazuco y la ruta hacia la situación de calle: crónicas y escenarios de la vivencia familiar

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the behavior and interpersonal relationships of the family group in terms of the consumption of crack-cocaine, from the experience of three case studies. The method is a ethnographic study with a descriptive-qualitative cut which used semi-structured interviews that gave priority to the construction of narratives and life experiences regarding crack-cocaine. Research allows us to se that addiction to crack-cocaine might become a high risk for the breaking of interpersonal relationships in a work, family and community level. Likewise, it represents a determinant factor for those who become homeless. The research concludes that addiction to crack-cocaine is a painful and difficult experience for all the members of the family; it is a process in which the addict experiences physical and cognitive deterioration, having later effects in their relationship with the social environment, since they lose interaction abilities.        

Keywords:

Crack-cocaine

Consumption

Drugs

Family

Family relationships

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