Dentistry course holds biannual symposium “Consumption of Psychoactive Substances in the Field of Bioethics”

The Public Health III component of the Dentistry course at Bahiana, held, on November 14, in a remote format, the biannual symposium "The Consumption of Psychoactive Substances in the Field of Bioethics - Does your training qualify you to care for people who use drugs?". The event was coordinated by students of the component and by professors Marlene Barreto Santos Miranda and Ricardo Araújo Silva.

Agenda
Throughout the morning, participants listened to speeches by the following guests: Dr. Gerivaldo Neiva, judge and law professor, who addressed issues related to addiction and the decriminalization and legalization of drugs; psychologists Thais Melo do Desterro Passos and Rannye Gabrielle Fagundes Teixeira, who addressed the role of psychology in caring for people who use psychoactive substances. "Harm reduction as a tool for reducing the consumption of psychoactive substances" was the topic of the speech by guest Renato Souza, who works at the adult shelter on the Itapagipe peninsula. Dentist Dr. Endy Lacet brought to the discussion the topic "The therapeutic aspects of cannabis in different types of dental treatments."

"We need this debate to have this humanized perspective and seek this treatment in a comprehensive and more humane way", summarized Dentistry student Ana Luiza Azevedo de Paula, who was part of the symposium's organizing committee.