Abstract
What does psychoanalysis have to say about so many issues involving drugs, which far outpass the question of their use? Historical, clinical and political issues, as we could say. The purpose of this text is to discuss vicissitudes that pervade them. We do not only approach the “drug problem,” but also think about how the presence of psychoanalysis can deal with certain discourses that can be found in this field and which are far from questioning the subject. Working with psychoanalysis is to take the death drive into account. It is to use a knowledge that allows us a treatment orientation that considers what is deadly in the use of drugs in drug addiction, highlighting the position of jouissance of the subject. It is, moreover, to question what is deadly in certain political directions that transform the subject into an object.
Keywords:
Psychoanalysis; harm reduction; public policies; drug addiction