NARCOTIC DRUGS IN CRIMINAL LEGISLATION REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

Abstract

The abuse of narcotic drugs and other psychoactive substances of natural or synthetic origin represents an old, long-known, negative, sociopathological phenomenon that not only endangers the health and life of people, but also endangers the family, the wider social community, and certainlysecurity every country. The abuse of narcotic drugs, as well as a number of illegal activities of individuals and groups in connection with and on the occasion of the disposal of narcotic drugs, are provided as different forms and types of criminal acts and misdemeanors in modern criminal and misdemeanor legislation.

All national criminal legislation based on international legal acts of a universal and regional character foresee one or more criminal acts and misdemeanors and systems of criminal and misdemeanor sanctions for their perpetrators.

The problem of drug addiction and the problem of abuse of narcotic drugs, defined as a problem of modern society, has not bypassed the Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Accordingly, the criminal justice system of the Republic of Srpska contains several provisions that prescribe liability (criminal or misdemeanor) and punishment for illegal actions and activities of individuals and groups in connection with and on the occasion of narcotic drugs and psychoactive substances. In this paper, positive criminal law solutions to the abuse of narcotic drugs in the criminal legislation of the Republic of Srpska are being considered.