Efforts to Combat Drug Abuse Crimes Committed by Children at The West Kalimantan Regional Police

Abstract

Legally, narcotics are only used for scientific development and health services, but in reality, they are often abused. Drug use has become a business venture and has had a detrimental impact on the mental, physical, and psychological well-being of the younger generation. Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics has regulated the types of very severe criminal sanctions against perpetrators of narcotics crimes. The method is a basic process regarding the procedure for finding a solution to a problem, while research is a careful examination of signs in order to obtain human knowledge, so the research method can be interpreted as the basic procedure for finding a solution to existing problems in carrying out research related to efforts to overcome the crime of narcotics abuse committed by children at the West Kalimantan Regional Police. To realize a just and effective drug handling system, a shift in the social paradigm and a more humanistic legal culture is needed, strengthening legal certainty through consistent and transparent enforcement, and increasing rehabilitation capacity and coordination between institutions. Thus, the law becomes not only a repressive tool, but also an instrument of recovery that provides tangible benefits for child victims of drug abuse and society at large.