약물(마약류) 등의 남용에 따른 폐해와 그 대책

• 영문명: Harmful Effects of and Measures against Drug(Narcotic) Abuse
• 발행기관: 원광대학교 법학연구소(의생명과학법센터)
• 저자명: 점승헌(Jeom, Seung-Hun) 송광섭(Song, Kwang-Soub)
• 간행물 정보: 『의생명과학과 법』제13권, 81~114쪽, 전체 34쪽
• 주제분류: 법학 > 법학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.06.30

영문 초록

A drug can be defined as a substance other than food which may affect the constitution or function of a living thing through its chemical properti es. In this sense, it may be possible to place organic solvents like bond, gas or thinner and narcotics like marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine or heroine under the category of drugs. These drugs are characteristic of having positive medicinal as well as side effects upon human being including but not limited to excitement, hallucinatory image, auditory hallucination, relaxation, sleeping, anorexia, nerve stability, schizophrenia, anaesthesia, brain damage, narcissism, etc. Abuse of drugs, however, would result in direct and indirect impact upon the society, family and industry as a whole by ruining of families, unemployment, loss of manpower, and catastrophic damage of physical and mental health of all people. Strong cling to drugs could also cause devastation of personality by abandoning relationship with family members and friends and even jobs, hobbies and culture and would eventually make addicts unsociable. Furthermore, abuse of drugs could be a cause for more serious phenomenon of social pathology such as drastic increase of inhuman violent crimes, crimes without specific motives, frequent burglary and theft to raise the money to buy drugs with. In contrast with the global trend to enforce the regulations for drug-related crimes, the Korean judiciary authorities keep on dealing leniently with offenders, especially when they are first timers, by only charging the fine not exceeding 50 million Won. To put use of drugs under control, it seems more effective to install and operate facilities which are dedicated to providing supports for drug addicts to get free from the cycle of crimes and return to the society. In sum, it would be extremely important to study the measures neede d to prevent occurrence of drug-related crimes because the issue of addiction can not　rely on legal unishments alone. The legal system that imposes heavy penalty upon drug-related crimes may be effective to a certain extent in terms of crime prevention but has limit in itself. It is therefore most imperative to respond in a more active way to prevention of drug-related crimes by introducing the educational programs for drug addiction, by training experts who can treat drug addicts, not to speak of working out preventive measures from the perspective of criminal legislation and socio-cultural aspects as well.

목차

Ⅰ. 서 언

Ⅱ. 약물의 정의

Ⅲ. 약물 등이 신체 및 정신건강상에 미치는 특성

Ⅳ. 약물중독에 의한 정신건강상의 폐해

Ⅴ. 약물 등의 중독에 대한 예방대책

Ⅵ. 결 어

키워드

drug abuse narcotics opium morphine heroin connabis satita toxic psychosis withdrawl symptom auditory hallucination schizophrenia affective disorder United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC)