The drug abuse issue and formats of care of addicts gather different sectors of the society around discourses related to banning and damage mitigation. This article aims to analyze the enunciation mechanisms of the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s managers when the Comprehensive Care Policy for Users of Alcohol and other Drugs was created. The narratives were analyzed under the genealogical perspective inspired by Michel Foucault. We highlighted fragments in the enunciation mechanisms that backs up a criminalizing and excluding territory.
Social exclusion; Drug addiction; Public policies; Prohibitionism