Illegal Production and Traffic of Narcotics - International Standards and Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

In the legislative system of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a special place, role and importance is given to the system of legal and sub-legal regulations aimed at ensuring effective, high-quality and timely protection of people’s health (health or medical law). In the area of health protection, domestic regulations governing the system of production, processing and traffic of narcotic drugs and similar psychoactive controlled substances, are of particular interest. These regulations are based on relevant international universal or regional standards. In case of violation of medical/health regulations related to narcotic drugs, their unauthorized/illegal production, processing, traffic, storage, transportation or storage - the characteristics of certain criminal offenses against human health prescribed in the laws applicable in Bosnia and Herzegovina are realized, which entails criminal liability and punishment of their perpetrators. The paper analyzes the characteristics of several forms/species of the manifestation of criminal acts of illegal production and trafficking of narcotic drugs in accordance with the legislative system in force in Bosnia and Herzegovina from a theoretical and practical point of view. This criminal offense consists of the unauthorized production, processing, sale or offering for sale, purchase, possession or transfer for the purpose of sale or mediation in the sale or purchase or putting into traffic in another way substances, or substances that have been declared as narcotic drugs.