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

Legal Literacy - This article discusses strategies for combating narcotics crimes in Indonesia through supply and demand reduction approaches. Narcotics smuggling, categorized as an extraordinary crime, has shown a significant increase in recent years and is considered a threat to national security. The discussion includes statistical analysis of smuggling, the negative effects of narcotics, and the role of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. Furthermore, the article explains the government's policies in breaking the chain of narcotics users (demand reduction) and narcotics syndicate networks (supply reduction), as well as the juridical handling of this transnational crime, including relevant criminal sanctions.

The Problem of Narcotics Crimes in Indonesia

The circulation of narcotics in Indonesia is increasingly rampant from year to year. This action does not only occur domestically, but also across national borders. Based on statistical data on narcotics handling from the Center for Data and Information Research (Puslitdatin) of the National Narcotics Board (BNN), there were 461 smuggling cases in 2019, 568 cases in 2020, 449 cases in 2021, and 768 cases in 2022 until March 2023.

Basically, narcotics are often misused, causing negative effects for users. Therefore, everything related to narcotics, such as misuse, distribution, and drug smuggling, is often associated with crime because it is often considered to have negative effects and causes users to commit crimes.

In general, the problem of narcotics crimes is a problem for the Indonesian nation and the nations of the world, especially in cases of cross-border narcotics smuggling. Narcotics smuggling can be categorized as an Extraordinary Crime. According to the BNN, air and sea routes are frequently used to smuggle narcotics into Indonesia. Air routes generally go through Bangkok to cities in Indonesia, such as Medan, Jakarta, and Bali.

The existence of narcotics smuggling is due to the process of supply and demand for narcotics in Indonesia and internationally. In addition, regulations regarding the rehabilitation of perpetrators of criminal acts are considered not strict enough. This is a challenge in combating narcotics smuggling. For this reason, how does the government overcome these problems in order to remain safe from the threat of narcotics? Then, how is the handling of narcotics smuggling viewed from a juridical aspect? This will be discussed in this paper.

As previously explained, narcotics can threaten the Indonesian nation due to the negative effects that arise from their misuse. In Indonesia, legal regulations regarding narcotics are regulated in Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics (Narcotics Law). On an international scale, there are legal regulations regarding narcotics circulation formulated in The United Nation’s Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961.