Conhecimentos produzidos acerca do crack: uma incursão nas dissertações e teses brasileiras

摘要: This is a systematic review based on the integrative method, which sought to analyze characteristics of knowledge produced by studies crack, in Brazilian Master's and Doctoral courses. The investigation comprised 33 (18 dissertations 15 theses). Among them, 51.5% were from Health Science area with emphasis Postgraduate Program Psychiatry (and Medical Psychology), provided five dissertations/theses. Most epidemic (51.5%) are Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Paulo, largest number (81.8%) concentrated southeast. themes most analyzed were: organic alterations, drug trafficking crack use, HIV/Aids, types strategies treatment. results showed that stricto sensu about still incipient, sketchy ineffectual, albeit promising due demands implications this imposes upon society.