TERRITORY AS MENTAL HEALTH AND LEGAL GUARANTEE: DIALECTICS OF DRUG ADDICTION IN THE VILLAGES THROUGH THE LENS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW

Abstract

This article analyzes the transition between “traditional use” and “problematic use” of psychoactive substances in indigenous contexts under a multidisciplinary prism between Psychology and Law. The goal is to demonstrate how the replacement of ritual and mythical practices by contemporary consumption is driven by state ineffectiveness in the constitutional duty of territorial protection. Methodologically, qualitative bibliographic research was conducted in Psychology and Law databases, structured by a dialectical confrontation matrix. The results indicate that alcoholism in villages acts as an ethnocidal tool for expropriation, linking original mental health to the legal guarantee of land demarcation. It is concluded that therapeutic management must operate in an intercultural clinic that validates ancestral knowledge and ensures the Right to adequate treatment, treating territorial integrity as an imperative of justice and public health.