Abstract
Objective: The present study aims to search the scientific evidence for the profile of the user of psychoactive substances, as well as to clarify the importance of the alcohol and other drugs service. Methods: It is an integrative literature review of a descriptive nature using publications from the following databases: Latin American Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Online Literature Search and Analysis System (MEDLINE). Results: He sample consisted of 16 articles, with 6 cross-sectional studies (38%), 4 being quantitative (25%), 3 descriptive articles (19%), 2 phenomenological (12%) and 1 epidemiological (6%). Conclusion: It was found that most of this audience were single men with only one child, aged between 20 and 60 years, most had not completed elementary school, presenting between 1 and 2 minimum wages, with predominance of brown and alcohol as the most used legal drug. In this context, psychosocial care center become extremely important because they aim to guarantee users a new form of health care, enabling a new perspective of social reintegration, eliminating the focus of attention centered on control and repression, through activities such as participation in groups or workshops and other educational activities.