Necessidade de reforma e aplicação da Lei 11.343/06 quanto ao tratamento destinado ao dependente de drogas no Brasil

The article proves to be legally and socially relevant, as it demonstrates the need to reform Law 11.343/06 and the importance of its application in relation to treatment for drug addicts. It also emphasizes the participation of the Government and the States as providers of resources for the viability of the treatment. It also makes a brief study of Law 11.343/06, seeking to highlight the important aspects of its emergence in relation to drug addicts in Brazil, supporting new reflections on the importance of prevention measures, care and social reintegration. It seeks to highlight the use of drugs as a case of public health and the importance of treatment in rescuing the dignity, citizenship and resocialization of drug addicts. This article shows that the right conquered in Law 11.343/06 is enforced by the State, with minimal real applicability of said legislation to drug addicts. The article also confronts the paradigm of the current Law on Drugs, which assigns compulsory treatment only to the non-imputable or semi-imputable leaving society and the dependent himself without protection, as he has no control over his own actions. It also makes a brief comment on the changes contained in the reform project of the Brazilian Penal Code.