Programa educacional de resistência às drogas no Maranhão: ferramenta eficiente de Polícia Comunitária em São Luís – MA

Abstract

The present work sought to analyze the efficiency of the Drug Resistance Educational Program (PROERD) in the State of Maranhão (MA) with the performance of the Military Police of MA (PMMA), aimed at proving the efficiency of the program, as a tool of the PMMA in addressing drug issues among children and adolescents. Through research with analytical, descriptive and documentary bibliographic research methodology with a qualitative and quantitative nature carried out between 2019-2020. Structured questionnaires were used, applied to PROERD employees and participants, with statistical analysis by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, 2.0). The results obtained and accounted for, supported by research on the legal and cultural aspects among professionals and individuals served by the program, showed a positive result in its application, corroborating its efficiency, by demonstrating impacts on citizenship and awareness about the use of drugs. Thus, contributing to society, in view, this is an important problem in the context of public policies in Brazil and in the world, which affects the implementation of citizenship, increases the rates of marginalization and morbidity and mortality. It is well known that they are challenges to be overcome by the Military Police in joint work with schools. For this, there needs to be constant improvement in training, advertising and more incisive investments in the Public Security of the State of MA in tackling this serious social problem.