Teenager user of crack: report of experience

Abstract

Objective: to report an academic experience performed with a crack user, since his admission to the detoxification unit of psychoactive substances, to his (re) integration into family and social life. Method: characterized as an experience report, developed by nursing students in the state of Rio Grande do Sul that accompanied a teenager crack user. Three visits were conducted at the institution during his hospitalization and three home visits, previously scheduled, from August to November 2010. Results: the experience revealed that the chemical dependent, in addition to detoxification treatment, need an efficient support after hospital discharge, as often, because some actions, he is judged and discriminated, hindering his reintegration into society. Conclusion: it is stressed that the society is not properly prepared and structured to the (re) integration of former users of psychoactive substances in the social environment