scholarly journals Decriminalisation of Cannabis

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 48-51
Author(s):  
Chinki Verma ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Economic Stress ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
The Past ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

The article intends to examine, with the help of doctrinal method, the utility of India’s strict penal policies against cannabis in the light of various contemporary issues. India Criminalized cannabis under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 pursuant it’s international commitment as a signatory to three United Nation’s drug conventions. The primary objective behind criminalization was to reduce the incidences of drug abuse. But the experience from the past few decades has been that such law is producing more harm than it actually prevents. Criminalization of cannabis not only violates individual’s right to autonomy and self determination but also creates numerous other issues like increasing the incidences of incarceration, economic stress on the legal system, hindrance to medical research, etc.

Drug Policy in India: An Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-97
Author(s):  
Bharti Thakur ◽  
Neeru Mittal
Keyword(s):  
Drug Policy ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Psychotropic Medications ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Personal Benefit ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
Psychotropic Medicines ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Psychotropic Agents ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

AbstractThe Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, or NDPS Act, was enacted to control addictive drugs and prohibit their possession, dispersion, sale, import, and trade in India. Psychotropic agents have the potential to change an individual’s consciousness, while narcotic drugs relieve anxiety. The Indian Parliament passed the NDPS Act on November 14, 1985. Nonetheless, these types of drugs are important in the practice of medicine. Consequently, the Act contains provisions for the cultivation of cannabis, poppy, and coca seeds and the production of certain psychotropic medicines used for medical purposes. The Act’s primary objective is to regulate the manufacturing, ownership, selling, and transportation of narcotics and psychotropic drugs. The Act forbids the selling of nearly 200 psychotropic medications, resulting in these drugs being inaccessible over the counter to the general public. These medications are only available for use with a prescription. Violations of this law can result in a sentence of incarceration or a fine, or both, depending on the offense’s severity, which is determined by the severity of the situation at hand. If the drugs are being used for personal benefit, the penalty can be minimized. Furthermore, the legislation has been revised several times since its inception.

scholarly journals SEXUAL AND AGE CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS COMMITTING SMUGGLING OF DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND THEIR ANALOGUES OR PRECURSORS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4(106)) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
А. М. Шалай
Keyword(s):  
Effective Means ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Offenders ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
The Past ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Illicit Trafficking ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

The relevance of the article is that the characterization of the offender is one of the most important elements of the criminological characterization of any type of crime. This process is important for criminology, as appropriate and effective means of preventing any type of crime cannot be developed without taking into account the specific personality traits of criminals that are specific to certain groups of criminal offenders and distinguish them from other criminals and law-abiding citizens. The above should also apply to persons who smuggle drugs, psychotropic substances and their analogues or precursors. The purpose of the article is to investigate some components of the criminological characteristics of persons who smuggle drugs, psychotropic substances and their analogues or precursors in Ukraine, namely their gender and age characteristics. Some components of the criminological characteristics of persons who smuggle drugs, psychotropic substances and their analogues or precursors in Ukraine, namely their gender and age characteristics, have been studied. It is established that the share of women who commit this act, among the total number of convicts under Article 305 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, is significantly less than among persons who commit criminal offenses related to illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues or precursors, as well as all criminal acts combined, and is only 7.6%. The share of persons aged 18 to 39 in the smuggling of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their analogues or precursors is more than three quarters - 75.8%, and is the highest compared to the average age of all criminals in general and persons who commit drug crimes, in particular. It is concluded that over the past ten years, we can distinguish such a feature of the crime that the share of women who commit it, among the total number of convicts under Article 305 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, is significantly less than among those who commit criminal offenses. related to illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues or precursors, as well as all criminal acts in total, and is only 7.6%. That is, the ratio of the level of criminal offenses under Article 305 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine committed by women to the level of similar criminal acts committed by men is not 1: 7, as in all criminal acts, but is approximately 1:11.

scholarly journals GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCES IN THE FIELD OF DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES’ TRAFFICKING

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (88) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Boris Zykin
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
Current State ◽  
Addiction Prevention ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

Drug addiction is an extremely acute social problem and it attracts the attention of both legal scholars and practitioners. This is due to the fact that the improvement of the measures’ system aimed at preventing and stopping the spread of the drugs and psychotropic substances requires the joint efforts of specialists in various fields.Despite a slight decrease in crime rates, a study of the current state of the administrative and legal measures’ application aimed at preventing and stopping the unauthorized distribution of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances shows that these measures do not yet sufficiently provide solutions for increasing the activity and effectiveness of the struggle against drug addiction, prevention and elimination of this phenomenon’s socially dangerous consequences.The struggle against drug abuse by administrative and legal measures needs to be improved and must correspond to the prevailing socio-economic conditions. In this regard, the application of administrative and legal measures aimed at preventing and stopping the spread of drugs and psychotropic substances in our country requires further theoretical study of issues related to their concept, purpose and implementation.

Sharade Marathe. Regulation and Development: The Indian Policy Experience of Controls Over Industry. New Delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. 1986. 328 pp.Price: (Hardbound edition) Rupees (Indian) 195.00.

1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-227
Author(s):  
Khwaja Sarmad
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Indian Policy ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
The Past ◽  
Distinguished Career ◽  
Comprehensive Manner

This book documents in a comprehensive manner the 'twists and turns' in India's industrial policy and strongly suggests the need for a re-orientation of this policy to overcome the weaknesses in the industrial structure and to utilize the sources of its strength. The author has had a distinguished career in the Indian Economic Service and brings this experience to bear on his analysis of the evolution of industrial policy in India. In India, the primary objective of planned development has been the creation of a technologically mature society capable of sustaining a process of self-propelled growth without extreme concentration of wealth in a few hands. It is rightly pointed out in the book that this objective is possible only in the context of rapid growth, which is the ultimate test of industrial policy. The book traces the origins of India's industrial policy and analyses its evolution during the past thirty years, showing how there has been an increasing gap between the objectives of this policy and the performance of the industrial sector.

Analysis of the executive discipline of medical and pharmaceutical experts compliance with the law in the field of trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (5) ◽  
pp. 68-73
Author(s):  
Ольга Давыдова ◽  
Ol'ga Davydova ◽  
Лариса Царахова ◽  
Larisa Carahova ◽  
Ирина Левкова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Practical Medicine ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
The Law ◽  
Compliance With The Law ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

The activity of trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances is inextricably linked with medical and pharmaceutical activities.Analysis of the executive discipline by medical and pharmaceutical specialists in compliance with the law in the field of trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances revealed the most problematic aspects of the activity and the need to revise certain aspects of regulatory and legal activities, based on the modern requirements of practical medicine and pharmacy.

A criminal profiling of persons convicted for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances illicit trafficking

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
Elizaveta Pavlik ◽  
Elena Ketenchieva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Public Interests ◽  
Drug Offenders ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Profile ◽  
Illicit Trafficking ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

This article provides a classification and characteristics of persons convicted for crimes in the field of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances illicit trafficking. The article deals with the statistics in this sphere over the past five years. Based on the collected empirical evidence the authors analyzed the qualitative indicators of convicted drug offenders. The examination of statistical data from investigative and judicial practice on crimes in the field of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances illicit trafficking made it possible to sketch a criminal profile of a person sentenced to imprisonment: a citizen of the Russian Federation, a male between 18 to 39 years, having a secondary general or vocational education. Moreover, the personality of a convicted person is characterized by his internal criteria deformation devaluing the norms and rules that express and consolidate public interests. The authors also conducted a comparative analysis of offenders convicted both in the Russian Federation and in such federal subjects as Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region. The choice of St. Petersburg as one of the objects of this research is justified by the fact that it has been among the leaders of the regions with the largest number of recorded drug-related crimes for several years.

A COMPARISON OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT WITH DRUGS AND COSMETICS ACT: SALIENT DIFFERENCES

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Vikaas Budhwaar ◽  
◽  
Vaishali Pruthi ◽  
Arun Nanda ◽  
Manjusha Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

scholarly journals Immunizing the Flock: How the Pandemic Court Rewrote Religious Freedom

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Paul Baumgardner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
The Past ◽  
The U.S

When coronavirus began to descend upon the United States, religious freedom advocates across the country sounded the alarm that citizens’ religious practices and institutions were under threat. Although some of the most extreme arguments championed by these advocates were not validated by our legal system, many were. This article explores the underappreciated gains made by religious freedom advocates before the U.S. Supreme Court over the past year. As a result of the “Pandemic Court”, religious freedom in the United States has been rewritten. This promises to radically change the educational, employment, and health prospects of millions of Americans for the rest of the pandemic and long afterwards.

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