[Drugs and crime].
In law-related problems on drugs and crime, there are two types: (1) possession/use of drugs, (2) crimes caused by mental distress after the use of drugs. In this paper, I will focus on the former type called 'drug crimes'. Since drugs cause medically negative effects on the human body, the management/use of drugs is limited by the law which prescribes penalties. At the present, the management/use of narcotics, other mentally stimulating drugs, opium and its raw material, an opium poppy, cannabis, and antihypnotics are limited by six laws, including criminal laws. In this paper, I will introduce the contents of these laws, and the current situation of 'drug crimes'.
Nishizawa
Munehide
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Faculty of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University.
D003415:Crime; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders