Representa？？es Sociais da Droga e da Toxicodependência. Inquérito à popula？？o jovem presente no Rock in Rio - Lisboa 2008

it is presented the main results of the study perceptions and social representation on drugs and drug addiction, inquiry to the youth present in rock in rio - lisboa 2008. considering a sample of 1.165 teenagers and young adults, one can conclude that drugs are con-sidered a serious social problem, although without generating much social alarm. drugs social representation is today more individual based than social, less associated to problems such as crime, delin-quency or repression. further more, one can also conclude that symbolically, to those interviewed, drug consumers and drug addicts are different and autonomous concepts.