TY - BOOK AU - Jácome Rosenfeld,Ana Isabel TI - A question of will: addiction treatment in Ecuador SN - 978-9978-676-03-5 U1 - 613.8 PY - 2022/// CY - Quito PB - Flacso KW - ABUSO DE DROGAS KW - ABUSO DE SUSTANCIAS KW - ADICCIÓN KW - ASPECTOS SOCIALES KW - TRATAMIENTO MÉDICO KW - 613.8 - Abuso de sustancias, abuso de drogas, para aspectos preventivos, llamado personales N2 - In 2008, Ecuador’s new and much-publicized Constitution, introduced by the Citizens’ Revolution, defined addiction as a public health problem. This governmental decision was believed to be an important step in countering the war on drugs, sponsored by the United States, according to which Ecuador was identified as a supplier of drugs. The discourse was introduced during Richard Nixon’s administration (1969-1974) and extended to Latin America in the form of an increasingly repressive wave of anti-drug policies leading to overcrowded prisons throughout the continent. Justification for the war on narcotics was the alleged danger posed by certain substances, depicted as capable of destroying a person’s life with such ease that a decisive, warlike response was not only reasonable but necessary ER -