The present work has as its purpose to comprehend the historical, social and economic context and the psychosocial aspects that are related to the adhesion to the traffic of drugs. Through researches that have taken place at the prision environment, by listening to the life history of people envolved in the traffic, we tried to understand the relationship of this context to the individual choise. Characterized by precarious working conditions, unemployment and consumism seduction as a result of the new liberal economic, there has been a situation of social exclusion and a citizenship exclusion.There for, the traffic has been shown as an economical activity that allows the person to be included, even though in a marginal way, in the capitalism order. An option to be made among limited choices.
life history; traffic of drugs; marginal work