Question

What do you think should be a main priority of intervention in the criminal justice system – targeting drug use or crimes that are being committed by drug users? Is giving an individual a criminal record for using an illicit substance more likely to deter use? Or would such a record in fact be a risk factor for them committing other (perhaps even more serious) crimes

Answer 1

Drug users losses stability both physically and mentally after using ot and poses a threat risk for violence and crimes. They are mostly not in a complete sound mind when they are at the peak concentration of the drug level in their body. They are unaware of what they do in that situation later when the effect of the drug comes down. As per the statement prevention is better than cure ,it is better to target on the drug use and take necessary steps initially and therefore it can help to reduce crime.

The chance to deter it is very less after giving an individual criminal record unless when there is an effective rehabilitative services bu monitoring and preventing them from using it.

When this is not done properly it automatically makes one to commit other crimes due to the incident.