Drogadição: o que lemos na revista?

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The intention of this research is to present the evaluation of the profile of the information about drug addiction published in the VEJA Magazine, trying to understand the way of production of subjectivities in them. All VEJA magazines published in the last three years were analyzed, including the January 2016 to July 2019 editions. It was essential that the published article present information of any kind on drugs, drug addiction or studies involving illicit chemical substances. As for legal drugs, with the exception of articles on alcohol and tobacco, only studies that associated substances with a reality of dependence remained in the sample. At the end of the application of these filters, twenty-eight articles were located, read in full and organized in a table containing the date and edition of the magazine, the title of the article, the central idea presented. An analysis of each of the analyzers and associated materials was developed. It was possible to confirm the idea of ​​a negative image of the use of chemical substances in the social imagination. It is noteworthy the fact that publications about celebrities in their relationship with drugs gain greater prominence than articles on prevention or treatment. Mentions to the electronic cigarette expressed both benefits of use due to harm reduction bias, as well as the harm of use and the possibility of developing new addictions. However, the complete lack of material on the different treatment and rehabilitation modalities of the drug addict, may indicate, even if not exclusively, a neglect of this important information vehicle.