Thus far we looked over the problem and the analysis on actual state of the narcotics control of Korea. The drug crime of Korea has increased since 1986 and then, in 1993 it increased 230% compared with the previous year. In 1995 5,418 criminals wer...
Thus far we looked over the problem and the analysis on actual state of the narcotics control of Korea. The drug crime of Korea has increased since 1986 and then, in 1993 it increased 230% compared with the previous year. In 1995 5,418 criminals were arrested. Further more recently adolescent criminals who take drug has dramatical increased. But even though Korea government makes all efforts to prevent people from taking drugs, the treatment system about drug could not accomplish satisfactory results.
Therefore, I analyzed the actual state of treatment system by investigating the content of sentence and treatment about drug crime, which were done by police and court and procurator. I also examined that actual state of the law of controling drug and the content of treatment which were executed by procurator, police, customs and the ministry of health and social affairs. Regarding all these things, I pointed out the problem of regulation about drug in Korea. I also suggested an alternative policy.
The biggest problem of the method of approaching to drug matter of Korea is that they emphasize the supply more than the demand. Since they overemphasize the supply, first, they tend to treat drug abusers only in order to control and punish the abusers. Second, they make rule to put heavy sentence on drug criminal. Third, they did not make much effort to educate and inform to people. They also had carelessness on the healing and reeducating the drug abusers.
When I consider these result. I think that from now on we must put more attention and investment on the demand than the supply for the policy of controling drug in Korea. For this purpose we must also change our thought about drug criminal through active prevention and public information against drug. Instead of considering a drug addicts as criminals who must be punished, we must recognize them as patients who must be healed and reeducated.
We must also subdivide the condition of composition and make the reasonable method of classifying drug as well as loosening a sentence through repairing the law and regulation of controling drug.. In this way we must put heavy punishment on supplier and light punishment on simple drug user.
In order to restrain drug supply effectively, it is necessary for us to use the investigation capability of police to the maximum degree. In another words, we have to do the work seriously and vigorously with the attention on drug matter by using fully the capacity of police which has enough member and nation-wide organization. In order to use and develope the method of expert investigation, We have to study a investigation method which are used in foreign country and put them into practice.
I maintain that we can solve and cope with drug matter more effectively than before in Korea, in this way if we develope demand and supply both equally, and restrain the policy of excessive punishing and controling drug matter.