Factors associated with the psychosocial approach to addictive behaviors in vulnerable adolescents

Abstract

The paper is a result of the research project Analysis of public policies in the prevention programs of the use of psychoactive substances in the municipalities of the mi-ning corridor, (Departament of La Guajira Barrancas, Hatonuevo, Albania, Maicao, Uribía and Manaure, in Colombia), where There was a multiplicity of problems associated with the use and abuse of psychoactive subs-tances whose causes are conclusive due to the spread of conflictive situations. The study is approached from different perspectives using the research participation action (IAP), which was constituted in the primordial bases taking into account that to study the related pro-blems to the consumption of psychoactive substances in-volves all the actors directly and indirectly immersed in front of this Social scourge Through the results it was possible to know the high risk factors that interact on the social impact of the public policies to handle the problem of addiction in the municipalities of direct influence to the mining corridor, and therefore at the departmental level.