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Abstract

This article argues that the current narcotics law regime is a factor to blame for the cause of prison overcrowding and unnecessary deprivation of liberty and dignity for its violator with the help of criminal justice tools. Multi-layer category of drug users introduced by the current narcotics law is leaving too much discretion for the law enforcement agency to criminalize marijuana user. Data shows that in Jakarta and Surabaya court alone, all marijuana users are charged with multiple articles and leaving no room for them to escape from a draconian sentence. This paper questions the repressive enforcement used by the Indonesian apparatus specifically on marijuana because it leads to other issues bigger than the personal use of marijuana itself. In the end, this article is proposing the change of legislation in marijuana law while at the same time taking the nature of political conservatism in Indonesia into account.

Bahasa Abstract

Artikel ini mencoba menunjukkan bahwa rezim hukum narkotika sekarang ini adalah faktor utama yang menyebabkan penjara over kapasitas dan pencabutan kebebasan dan martabat seseorang yang dilakukan tidak pada tempatnya. Multi kategori tentang pengguna narkotika yang ada di dalam undang-undang narkotika memberikan terlalu banyak kekuasaan kepada aparat penegak hukum untuk melakukan kriminalisasi kepada pengguna marijuana. Data menunjukkan di Jakarta dan Surabaya saja, pengguna marijuana didakwa dengan pasal berlapis sehingga mereka harus berhadapan dengan sanksi hukum yang sangat berat. Tulisan ini mempertanyakan penegakan hukum yang represif yang dilakukan oleh aparat, karena penegakan hukum tersebut ternyata memiliki dampak yang lebih besar daripada marijuana itu sendiri. Di akhir tulisan, artikel ini memberikan saran untuk melakukan perubahan undangundang, kemudian di saat yang sama, juga mempertimbangkan kultur politik yang konservatif di Indonesia.

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