Reformulation of Medical Rehabilitation against Victims of Narcotics Abuse in Indonesia

Abstract

The criminal sanction that occurred against the perpetrators of narcotic users is still inclined to apply
imprisonment rather than rehabilitation measures. The research is a normative legal research using a statute,
case, and conceptual approaches. The results show that The essence of medical rehabilitation sanctions
imposing against victims of narcotics abusers who adhere to the double track system which is oriented
to criminal and action sanction. Rehabilitation of narcotics abusers and addicts the purpose to cure the
narcotics dependence against abusers and addicts so that the abusers and addicts recover from narcotics. In
order to realize a narcotics-free State, the implementation of medical rehabilitation sanction imposing must
reflect philosophical, juridical and sociological values while considers the legal development and needs of
the community in implementing narcotics crime eradication.