A Report on the Consumption of Illegal Narcotics: Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of illegal narcotics consumption, exploring its medicinal uses, the dangers of drug abuse, and its impact on society. The report delves into the concepts of classicism and positivism, examining how these theories explain the causes of crime and the legal responses to drug-related offenses. It discusses the principles of classicism, emphasizing the importance of punishment fitting the crime and the role of legislation in deterring drug abuse. Furthermore, it explores positivism, highlighting the influence of psychological, social, and biological factors on criminal behavior, particularly regarding drug abuse. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the need for effective strategies to combat illegal narcotics consumption and its associated crimes, supported by the provided references.

Consumption Of
Illegal Narcotics

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................4

Introduction
Narcotics refers to a kind of opioid which are used as pain relievers on prescription of
registered physicians. They are mainly used for severe pains and pains which can not be reduce
by other painkillers (Clarke, 2016). Careful use of narcotics is proved to be effective in reducing
pain. However, narcotics has a medicinal use by using it in limited amount but people utilise it as
a drug abuse which is not legal because it has severe health effects. In context of present report,
it is based on the topic of illegal use of narcotics including the aspects of classicism and
positivism.
Main Body
Narcotics can be described as a drug that has a medicinal use in regards to producing
analgesia for providing pain relieve to patients. It includes the therapeutic used of narcotics in in
context of pain relief due to which it can known as narcotics analgesics. Meanwhile, it is
beneficial for patients of use in limited amount with proper dosages on prescription of a
registered physician. It has been analysed that many of people use narcotics as drug abuse which
is extremely harmful for their health and this aspects is responsible for increasing risk of crime
rates in the society. In addition to this, drug abuse of narcotics is considered as a legal offence
which has a strong punishments and penalties because narcotics abuse is responsible for putting
the future of country in darkness (Uzuegbu-Wilson, 2019). Moreover, it is observed that people
do business of such harmful drugs in illegal manner to earn money which is an opportunity for
those terrorist to put adults of the nation in this darkness for reducing its strength. There are other
drugs like narcotics which also has a medicinal use but many of individuals utilise them as a
drug abuse daily which is harmful for their health and future.
Classicism can be described as principles or style embodied in the literature, art or
architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. It includes the adherence of traditional standards that
are universally and enduringly valid. However, it was primarily introduced by great writers
named Cesare Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham having purpose of their work related to law and
administration of justice. In addition to this, their purposes of working regarding justice is based
on two aspects such as human rights and rationality (Lehloenya, 2016). Basically they worked on
the concept related to punishment which includes the criterion that specific punishment should fit
the crime. Meanwhile, it is necessary that punishments and penalties should be according to the
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specific crime including the intension and cruelty. Furthermore, it is essential to set punishments
for illegal use of narcotics so that people afraid of using it which facilitate to enhance health and
wealth of the entire of society.
On the other hand, the concept of classicism encourage legal authorities and government
to establish policies and terms as per various types of crimes including illegal use of drugs. It is
significant implement more effective as well as efficient legislations in regards to narcotics abuse
so that future of country can be secured from darkness of illegal utilisation of narcotics.
Basically, it is also mandatory to apply strong legislations for those people who has a business of
supplying and producing this drug in illegal manner. However, it is very important to eliminate
cause of illegal use of narcotics and other abusive drugs in the nation so that relevant crimes can
be removed automatically from the society (Burke and Leung, 2016). It is the fact that it
production and supply of narcotics will prohibited then nobody can buy it and attempt the drug
abuse. Moreover, individuals involves in drug abuse are more likely to attempt crimes which is
responsible for increasing the crimes in the country.
Positivism can be explained as an approach to study the society that relies specifically on
scientific evidence including statistics or experiments in order to reveal a true nature of way of
society operates. It can be considered as philosophical theory stating that certain information is
based on natural phenomena and their properties as well as relations. Meanwhile, it has been
analysed that positivism draws on several problematic sets of assumptions such as
differentiation, pathology and determinism. However, it has different perspective in regards to
human subjects as compared to classicism. Moreover, positivist theory has positive perspectives
that humans have no moral responsibility and they are forced largely forces to driven into crime
that is out of their control. It states that individuals get forced emotionally and psychologically
for using the narcotics as a drug abuse (Alecu, 2019). People prefer to use methods for crime that
are driven from natural resources and crimes are caused due to psychological, social or
biological factors which are included into assumption of determinism.
On the other hand, positivism states about cause behind attempting a crime by an
individual in society. It has been evaluated that the crime cannot be consider as a free choice but
is determined which is stated by positivism due to which this is also known as deterministic
theory (Lu, Miethe and Liang, 2016). Positivism provide the fact that people will get forced for
drug abuse regarding narcotics and it is not a free choice due to which some of them attempt
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criminal activities. However, classicism reflects that crime is a free choice attempt of people.
Meanwhile, it is observed that positivism provide the concept that criminal is a specific type of
person as criminals are different from the non criminals in country. It is essential to kept
criminals away from non criminal personalities in society to make it peaceful place for living.
Consequently, it has been evaluated that there is different of pathology between
classicisms and positivism which is about the fact that criminals are not only different from other
people but there is also something wrong with them (Berry, 2018). Classism just define about
criminals to be punished according to their cruelty and harm of crime. Positivism relies on the
statement of a reason behind criminal behaviour of an individual.
Conclusion
From the above report, it has been concluded that narcotics can be described as an
analgesic which has a medicinal use but get abused by some of individuals. It includes the theory
of classicism and positivism to understand the drug abuse as a crime and cause of these crimes in
society.
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References
Books and journals
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Berry, P.A., 2018. From London to Lashkar Gah: British Counter Narcotics Policies in
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Burke, J. and Leung, S., 2016. Making good: Dealing with illegal drug consumption in Hong
Kong. Hong Kong LJ, 46, p.793.
Clarke, C.P., 2016. The global illicit trade in illegal narcotics.
Lehloenya, P.M., 2016. Regulation of illegal trade in narcotics in the age of globalisation: the
SADC case. Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology, 29(3), pp.1-
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Lu, H., Miethe, T.D. and Liang, B., 2016. China's drug practices and policies: regulating
controlled substances in a global context. Routledge.
Uzuegbu-Wilson, E., 2019. Narcotics Drug Use in West Africa and Its Impact on Human
Security. Available at SSRN 3456528.
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