Extraordinary Crime: Eradication of Narcotics Crimes Through Supply and Demand Reduction

Reiyan Auliansyah Pratama

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12 Apr 2024 · 07:16 12 April 2024 07:16 WIB 8 minutes reading time: 8 minutes 3 read

This article discusses how narcotics crimes can be reduced and eradicated through a supply and demand reduction approach.

Extraordinary Crime: Eradication of Narcotics Crimes Through Supply and Demand Reduction

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Table of Contents

The Problem of Narcotics Crimes in Indonesia
Supply Reduction
Demand Reduction
References

Section 3/3: Demand Reduction

Demand Reduction

Meanwhile, demand reduction is a narcotics control effort that aims to reduce the demand for narcotics. This is generally done through preventive measures, such as holding drug abuse prevention programs in the community and programs to improve values, attitudes, skills, and behaviour thereby encouraging resistance to drug abuse. The scope of demand reduction, includes strengthening personal resilience (immunity), strengthening communal resilience (community), restoring drug-prone areas, and strengthening rehabilitation programs.

In addition, as a crime, there needs to be an action to eradicate narcotics smuggling and trafficking which can threaten the security of the nation. To complement and support the supply and demand reduction narcotics policies, there is also a policy to combat crimes of drug smuggling. This policy can be carried out using penal or criminal sanctions.

The existence of the Narcotics Law is a criminal law policy in terms of eradicating narcotics crimes. In general, smugglers or dealers can be oriented as sellers, suppliers or buyers to be distributed, stored, controlled, and which involve narcotics smuggling activities through exports and imports.

In the Narcotics Law, criminal provisions are regulated in Chapter XV Articles 111 to 148. There are several categories of illegal acts that are prohibited in the Narcotics Law which are accompanied by the threat of criminal sanctions, especially those related to narcotics smuggling. These categories are in Category II, in the form of acts of producing, importing, exporting, or distributing narcotics and narcotics precursors which are regulated in Article 113, Article 118, Article 123, and Article 129 letter (b) of the Narcotics Law. Then, there is Category IV in the form of acts of carrying, sending, transporting, or transiting narcotics which are regulated in Article 115, Article 120, Article 125, and Article 129 letter (d) of the Narcotics Law.

Furthermore, regarding the types of criminal sanctions regulated in the Narcotics Law in the case of narcotics smuggling, they are regulated in several articles, including Article 132 and Article 133 of the Narcotics Law. Article 132 regulates attempts and criminal conspiracy to commit narcotics crimes and Article 133 of the Narcotics Law for those who order or give narcotics illegally, are subject to the death penalty or life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a minimum of 5 (five) years and a maximum of 20 (twenty) years and a fine of at least IDR 2,000,000,000.00 and a maximum of IDR 20,000,000,000.00.

Based on this, eradicating narcotics smuggling is a problem for the Indonesian nation and nations throughout the world. The existence of narcotics smuggling is included in transnational crime because it is rife to the point of crossing national borders. The government's policy to overcome this problem is to break the chain of users (demand reduction) and break the network of narcotics trafficking syndicates (supply reduction). In addition, juridically, handling narcotics smuggling is overcome by Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. The Narcotics Law also regulates sanctions and criminal threats for those who commit narcotics crimes, one of which is narcotics smuggling which is regulated in Article 132 and Article 133 of the Narcotics Law.

In addition to the policies that have been issued, there are still loopholes in committing narcotics crimes, especially narcotics smuggling. So what must be considered and improved is that there needs to be government action to be more vigilant about buying and selling activities both at the country's borders and within the country. In addition, there needs to be firmer action from the government to eradicate narcotics crimes in Indonesia.

From a regulatory perspective, what the government is doing based on legislation still has shortcomings, which need to be detailed regarding the rehabilitation of perpetrators of criminal acts so that the perpetrators do not repeat these actions and increase public awareness of narcotics crimes, especially regarding narcotics smuggling. Rehabilitation also needs to be given not only to perpetrators as narcotics users, but also to perpetrators who distribute narcotics even if they do not consume them.

References

Dimas Putra Catur Prasetyo, et al. 2023. “Nontraditional Syindicated Narcotics Smuggling in Southeast Asia and Oceania.” RechtIdee 18 (2): 2.
Gukguk, Roni Gunawan Raja. 2019. “Narcotics Crimes as Transnational Organized Crime.” Jurnal Pembangunan Hukum Indonesia 1 (3): 349.
Muhamad, Simela Victor. 2015. “Transnational Crime of Drug Smuggling from Malaysia to Indonesia: Cases in the Riau Islands and West Kalimantan Provinces.” Politica 6 (1): 48-49.
Nasional, National Narcotics Board. 2021. P4GN Index of Prevention and Eradication of Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2020. Jakarta: National Narcotics Board.
Sudanto, Anton. 2017. “The Application of Narcotics Criminal Law in Indonesia.” ADIL: Jurnal Hukum 7 (1): 150.
Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics