QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE APPLICATION OF LAW NO. 22 YEAR 1997 ON NARCOTIC AND LAW NO. 5 YEAR 1997 ON PSYCHOTROPIC TOWARD THE ILEGAL DRUG TRAFFIC IN SEMARANG

Abstract

Drug abuse has become a seious problem, not only in regional or national scope, but it has become a great concern in the international forum, because of its negative impact on all life dimensions of human being, such as health, social economics and mental conditions. In Indonesia, special attention of the government has been paid by implementing Law No. 22/1997 on Narcotic Law No. 5/1997 on Psychotropic, the aim which is it to carry out control on narcotic and psycotropic distribution for the benefit of health services. Any kind of drugs use without prior permission and supervision from a doctor or a phician will clearly constitute an offence against the las an it shall be punished. However, despite a heavy punishment threat imposed to the law offenders, the drug problem is always increasing. They are not afraid of a heavy penalty that mighty be sentenced to them. The writer thinks that there must be some problem happened in the implementation of these laws. The problem aspecially the illegal drug distribution in Semarang can not be eliminated. This research has objectives to reveal and analyze: how far the laws have been implemented, and how far the law enforces, police, attoneys, and judges have done their duties to enforce the laws, and also, how far the drug abusers, illegal trafficers and people in society or non-government organization (NGO) have carried out the laws in an attempt to eliminate the illegal drug trafficing in Semarang. The research is descriptive with qualitative data carried out by conducting in-depth interview with 32 (thirty-two) informants consisting of law inforces (5 polices, 5 attorneys, 5 judges) and 5 ex-drug abusers (users, trafficers), 5 non-government organization persons each and 2 persons from narcotic rahabilition center. Sumber Utama : www.mikm.undip.ac.id