Education in human rights, drugs and harm reduction

Abstract

This action research sought to understand the view of adolescents from the periphery of Curitiba on violence and the abusive use of alcohol and other drugs through an approach to human rights education. The objective was to learn how youth exposed to a daily routine of violence and drug addiction experiences and expresses themselves in this reality. In addition, an attempt was made to assess whether human rights education can be a strategy to reduce social and psychological damage to adolescents in vulnerable territories. To this end, six approaches were taken with young people and themes related to human rights, drugs and violence were worked on. As a result, it was found that social vulnerability acts as a factor of anguish and suffering, especially under the aspect of racism, and this context increases the risks for the problematic use of alcohol and other drugs.