Integra？？o Social e Estratégias de Media？？o

the treatment related to the drug addition is a slow and complex process where the social-professional integration assumes a cen-tral role. the work relation has a strategical dimension that facilitates a set of acquisitions regarding the autonomy of the drug addicts in treatment. the organizations and the business appear as an essentialpartnerin this process. without its involvement and participation, all the progresses reached during the treatment previous phases are fruitless. in the case study, through qualitative and quantitative research, it was identified, more profoundly, the relation between the type of work organization and the possibilities of success of interventions targeted to the recovery and social-professional integration of former drug addicts. for that purpose it was studied the life histories of the beneficiaries of a specific state support program, the so-called ？life employment program？. this is a pioneering program in portugal aimed at supporting the occupational reintegration of former drug addicts. it follows that the success or the failure of these interventions take place in differentiated organizational contexts, and it is clear that the figure of mediation is the most decisive variable, through all the inte-gration process, choosing and preparing the employers who hire the drug addicts in treatment.