STUMBLING BLOCK OF REPRESSION - DRUGS (FROM FRONTIERS OF REPRESSION, PART 2, MORALS, DRUGS - SEE NCJ-28524)

• NCJ Number: 28530
• Author(s): G KELLENS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Parc Leopold
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French
• Country: Belgium
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PAPER PRESENTED AT CRIMINOLOGY CONGRESS, BRUSSELS, MARCH 15-18, 1972

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTION AND JUSTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL LAWS WHICH ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE USE OF DRUGS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT IF THE USE OF DRUGS IS AS INEVITABLE AS CRIMINALITY ITSELF, THE CRIMINAL LAW HAS A LEGITIMATE ROLE TO PLAY TO THE DEGREE THAT DRUGS ENDANGER FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL VALUES. --IN FRENCH