The drug addiction, although present throughout human history, presents itself today as an expression of contemporary malaise. It becomes important to concern ourselves to think about the current scenario, from the new world's economic order to the qualities of interpersonal relationships, to seek possible relationships to increase in the case of addictions. From this proposal, we treat culture as a factor contributing to the production of addicts' identities as it announces the scarcity of shared ideals and institutions that occupy the place of the Other.
Culture; drug addiction; Psychoanalysis