Contextual and evolutionary conditions in the media and perception of addictions

Abstract

This paper describes the contextual and evolution conditions of the relationship between the media and public perception about addictions to Psychoactive Substances (PASs). This research considers the following topics: international context, illicit drugs versus licit drugs, the addictions to PASs as illness, and the media role. This study is based on a literature review and online. In conclusion presents some approaches and
challenges in relation to the duty of the media to address addictions PASs as a disease and not as a simple bad habit, isolated from the phenomenon of drug trafficking, since the latter is a problem even more complex than the same addictions, by the economic factor , political and embedded power.