Alcance de la legislación ecuatoriana ante el consumo y tráfico de drogas por adolescentes en las instituciones educativas.

Abstract

Drug use in Ecuador is one of the psychosocial problems that has gained strength among young people and adolescents due to its effects and illegal recreational use. Educational institutions as learning spaces where this practice has been arbitrarily promoted in recent years emerge as declining scenarios that do not have the elements of law to empower adolescents in drug-free learning practices. The purpose of this work is to carry out a constructive criticism of the regulations of the educational system in relation to the handling of corrective and sanctioning actions in the face of the use, consumption and trafficking of substances, carried out by adolescents in the educational environment. We know for this that the Ministry of Education has formulated a model of Action Route in the face of these facts, which involves several of the actors of the educational community, and it is necessary to emphasize the incidence of each of these roles in relation to prevention and eradication of these practices in the educational environment. Additionally, it is intended to establish a comparative analysis between current regulations, where the effectiveness of the regulation on the illicit act of trafficking and consumption of substances by adolescents is evidenced, and its effects on current society.