Participación de jóvenes en el tráfico de drogas y su impacto en el cantón Manta en el período 2020.

Abstract

Drug trafficking is a problem that affects the entire society worldwide, and specifically in the Manta canton, where drug use and trafficking has proliferated among young people who live in some of its neighborhoods, with open sale of drugs in some of the homes and businesses. Hence the need to propose an investigation with the objective of: Analyzing the factors that intervene in the participation of young people in drug trafficking and its impact on the Manta canton in the period 2020 with the intention of proposing tools that contribute to its regulation and control. This research is part of the mixed approach, using the legal hermeneutic method. Being a field and documentary research. The population under study was represented by professionals in the free exercise of law, heads of families and young people who live in the Manta canton, to whom an interview was applied to collect the information that was later analyzed through triangulation. Concluding that the young people of the Manta canton are vulnerable to drug trafficking practices due to their economic situation, family problems, high school dropout rates, and the influence of friends and family involved in said business. Hence, it is necessary to help young people become aware of the consequences that this lifestyle brings to their lives and to society.