A military view of the drug war

joint effort in preserving values

Abstract

The work intends to analyze the drug phenomenon and its implications for the goods protected by the State from a comprehensive overview and focused in the military field, in which the hierarchy and discipline are the basis for the management and for the fulfilment of the constitutional mission of the Armed Forces. The theme allows multiple approaches, which gives it a multifaceted character and with varied social causes and consequences, affecting not only the individuals as subjects of Law, but also society in general. From a vision of the theories of Realism, Liberalism and Constructivism of the discipline of International Relations, the research aims to learn lessons, making the subject relevant due to the growth of the use of drugs and the serious consequences they bring within Brazilian society.