Rationality of the repression of illicit cannabis crops in Brazil: public drug policies and strategies of repression
Rationality of the repression of illicit cannabis crops in Brazil: public drug policies and strategies of repression

Summary/Abstract: The intention of this article is to analyze the initiatives carried out by the Federal Police (FP) in recent decades, to combat illicit cannabis cultivation in Brazil. The article seeks to discuss police measures as a reaction to the external criticisms to government initiatives regarding drug policy adopted in the country. The measures which sought to diminish illegal cultivation were concentrated in a fundamentally repressive manner, on the forced eradication of cannabis plants, the elimination of seedlings, and the destruction of processed marijuana. There is no sign during this period, in which the eradication measures were intensified, of a program aimed at the replacement of the illegal plantations, or of an incentive for traditional farming, a situation which reinforces the arguments of a policy of eradication focused on repressive action.

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