As Dificuldades do Toxicodependente na Busca por Tratamento: Uma Breve Reflexão Teórica

This theoretical study aims to discuss the difficulties faced by drug addicts citizens when searching fortreatment in current society. Therefore we performed searches, through keywords (drugs, difficulties,drug addicts, treatment), in papers available at SciELO and also in some books that talk about thistheme. The study revealed that to know intellectually the harmful effects of the drugs is not enough tomodify the suicidal behavior of the drug addict. Living sober in a consumerist society is a toughreality that can’t be overcome only with knowledge. The discussion contributes to a reflection amongprofessionals who work directly or indirectly with drug addicts