Health residues in Brazil and illicit drugs: an interdisciplinary view
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https://doi.org/10.6008/SPC2318-3039.2016.001.0001Keywords:
Illicit Drugs, Discard, Impacts, Brazilian Legal and Environmental System, Solid Waste ManagementAbstract
Disposal of illicit drugs in Brazil occurs with negative environmental impact, health and safety. The objective of this study is to expose the Brazilian legal-environmental system of solid waste management in general and solid waste from healthcare, just to show the final disposal process environmentally sound such waste or tailings, thus obtaining a parameter to identification of the severity of the risks inherent to the incorrect disposal of illicit drugs, as there is gap in the Brazilian legislation on the proper disposal of waste generated by the use of legal or illegal drugs by individuals. A systemic approach will be used for the analysis of this issue, taking advantage of interdisciplinarity that articulates the right knowledge, sanitary engineering, basic education and health, converged for an environmental sustainability model.
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