Implementation of rehabilitation policy for narcotics addicts as a victims of narcotics abuse in Indonesia
International Journal of Development Research
Implementation of rehabilitation policy for narcotics addicts as a victims of narcotics abuse in Indonesia
Received 20th December, 2017; Received in revised form 16th January, 2018; Accepted 23rd February, 2018; Published online 30th March, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Hasan Alzagladi and Bachtiar. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The implementation of the rehabilitation policy by law enforcement agencies in Indonesia currently still does not guarantee legal protection for narcotics addicts as victims of the abuse and illicit trafficking of narcotics. This is because the arrangement of rehabilitation for narcotics addicts in the Narcotics Act of Indonesia is still ambiguous. On the one hand criminalizing narcotics addicts, but on the other hand rehabilitating narcotics addicts both medically and socially. At all levels of law enforcement agencies, whether at the stage of investigation, presecution, or at trial stage, the rehabilitation policies are implemented differently. Against those suspected of misusing narcotics, some are given rehabilitation and same are not given, although they can be qualified as victims of narcotics abuse. Paying attention to the circumstances, urging the Narcotics Act to be reformed in accordance with the paradigm that narcotics addicts are victims to be protected.
