Consumption of narcotics in the christian conception

• Author: Nicoleta-Elena Buzatu
• Position: Lecturer, Ph.D Candidate Law School, University of Bucharest, 'Dimitrie Cantemir' Christian University, Bucharest, Faculty of Juridical and Administrative Sciences, Departament of Public Administration
• Pages: 62-64

CONSUMPTION OF NARCOTICS IN

THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION

Nicoleta-Elena Buzatu

Abstract

The traffic and the consumption of narcotics has become a world -wide problem. This ph enomenon has

disastrous consequences not only from the point of view of public health but a lso because it under mines the very

social evolution, nourishing cor ruption the organized crime.

Key words: nar cotics, consumption, flagellum, fight, prevention.

Introduction

The consumption of narcotics a ppeared since man has been cr eated to be a ra tional being. The

complexity of changes tha t took place in the sur rounding world - climate, fauna , flora , natur al cata strophes, etc

- have deter mined man to find out a nswers able to explain his curiosity.

1 His living within a hostile environment

made man lo ok for a way of surviving in an unknown world; thus this aspect of his life became on e of his most

important pr eoccupations.

While administrated correc tly and ra tionally, narcotics have ha d been and still ar e benefic for

medicine. Yet, unfortunately, they started to be abusively used and, in the cour se of time, they have turned out to

be a serio us danger for humanity, a rea l social disaster.2

Fighting against the illicit traffic and narcotics consumption was and still is a complex and seriou s

problem at b oth national and international level. The ways this phenomenon acts, the consequences it produces

as well as the means of eradicating it are top topics of interest for the states’ authorities and for the public

opinion, as it is a really dangerous and serious phenomenon encroaching the health of the population, the

economic and social stability and the good evolution of the states’ democratic institutions.

The analysis regarding the consumption of narcotics shows certain raising tendencies of this

phenomenon (increase in the number of users, drug-addicts, criminality, etc) which, if not be applied efficient

measures of fight and prevention, will lead to tragic social consequences, especiall y among the youth. It is hard

to establish the real size and pro portion of the narcotics consumption phenomenon; it is not only about Romania,

but also about other countries where this noxious phenomenon has taken alarming proportions with respect of

society. To be a narcotics user 3 means to take or to consume drugs; the ter m has att ached a new nuance to the

standard one, as been used to define the consumption in excess of toxic substances or of stupefacients.

A user in conformity with art 1 letter h) of Law no 143/20004 is the person who administers himself or

allows the others to illicitly administrate him narcotics either administrated by mouth, by smoki ng, by injection,

by snuffing or by other ways through the drug can reach within the body.

As stipulated in art 1 letter h1) of the same law,5 an addict is the one who after having been repeatedly

administrated narcotics - out of need or compulsorily - has physical or psychic consequences according to

medical and social criteria.

Various sources of information - ma ss-media included - constantly inform the public about the fact that,

at a planetary level, billions of peo ple have been the victims of the “white death” and that their number increases

yearly. This narcotics-consumption flagellum has unfortunately included the population of our countr y, as well.

Drugs-consumption extended at the level of the whole country, spreading among various walks of

society, who are using a large range of narcotics - from op ium, cannabis, cocaine, heroine, LSD and

amphetamine. The way of administration differs from a drug to another and from the effect the user expects to

have on him.

 Lecturer, Ph.D Candidate Law Sc hool, University of B ucharest, ”Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest, Faculty of

Juridical and Administrative Sciences, Departament of Public Administration, nicoleta_buzatu@yahoo.com.

1 Filipaş, A. – Drept Penal român. Partea special, Universul Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2003, p. 180.

2 Rşcanu, R. – Dependen şi drog. Aspecte teoretice şi clinic ameliorative, Bucharest University Publishing House, Bucharest, 2008,

pp. 15. See also Rşcanu, R.; Zivari, M. – Psychology and Psychopathology in Drugs Addiction, Ars Docendi, Printing House Bucharest,

2002, pp. 15.

3 Sandu, F.; Ioni, G. I. – Criminologie teoretic şi practic, II-nd edition, Universul Juridic Printing House, Bucharest, 2008, p. 240.

4 Chapter I art. 1, letter h) was modified by art. I ¶ 2 of Law no. 522 of November 2004 for modifying and completion of Law no. 143/

2000 on the fight against illicit traffic and consumption of narcotics.Before this modification, the co ntext was the following: a ddict - is the

person who being physically and/ or psychically dependent of narcotics, is registered by one of the sanitary units appointed to this reason by

the Ministry of Health.”

5 Chapter I art. 1 letter h) of Law no. 143/ 2000 on fighting against the illicit traffic and consumption of narcotics was completed by art. I

¶ 3 of Law 522 of November 24, 2004 for the modification and completion of Law no. 143/2000 on the fight against the illicit traffic and

drugs consumption.