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Analyzing Iran's Criminal Policy Approach to Drug Crimes
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Mahmoud Abbasi *1    , Amin Alizadeh2 , Zohreh Sherafti2 |
1- Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. |
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Abstract: (272 Views) |
Background and Aim: Establishment and security of medicine as the right of human access to medicine is one of the main human rights that has been emphasized by international societies and is mentioned under the right to health. Accordingly, drug crimes are crimes that the main subject of their committing is drugs and their target society is a huge range of society. Since these crimes can make a crisis, different countries follow specific criminal policies to deal with them. The purpose of this research is to analyze Iran's criminal policy to drug crimes.
Methods: The method is descriptive-analytical and data collection is done library.
Ethical Considerations: In all stages of the research, honesty and scientific trustworthiness has been observed.
Results: Since Iran's legislative criminal policy in dealing with drug crimes is a punishment-oriented, punitive approach and lacks a corrective and preventive attitude, due to the lack of clear basis of criminal responsibility in the laws, we are faced with a foundation of criminalization in this area, which shows the expansion of criminal responsibility.
Conclusion: Drug supply has long been governments’ concern and affects all parts of society. So governments always follow special strategies. Action and reaction measures in the field of health and treatment must have a special coherence and include all actors in this field from the production and distribution cycle. With the growth of the human population and need for medicine, legislative loopholes in this field are increasing, which is also quite noticeable in Iran's laws. Therefore, according to the effect of these laws, the legislator can play a significant role in the prevention and increasing process of these crimes by applying the action and reaction measures of non-governmental organizations, with violation and discipline. |
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| Keywords: Criminal Policy, Drug Crimes, Right to Health |
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Type of Study: Original Article |
Received: 2023/08/26 | Accepted: 2023/12/13 | Published: 2024/02/4
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