Contemporary forms and methods of counteracting narcotization of the youth

Anatoliy Trokhymovych Komziuk; Ruslan Semenovych Orlovskyi; Bohdan Mykhailovich Orlovskyi; Taisa Vasylivna Rodionova

doi:10.34069/AI/2020.28.04.42

Anatoliy Trokhymovych Komziuk Process Department of the Faculty No. 3 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7377-9241
Ruslan Semenovych Orlovskyi Department of Criminal Law № 1 Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3283-3643
Bohdan Mykhailovich Orlovskyi Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9161-2904
Taisa Vasylivna Rodionova Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7039-5285

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2020.28.04.42

Keywords: narcotization, the youth, drug addiction, counteraction, law enforcement system, forms, methods.

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to examine the most efficient forms and methods of counteracting narcotization in society, especially of the youth, and also to characterize the most important factors of the proliferation of narcotization. The authors used the following methods in the research: dialectical, dogmatic, method of systematic analysis and comparative-legal method.

The paper analyses forms and methods of counteracting narcotization of the youth in Ukraine and worldwide. It elaborates the definition of the following terms: “narcotization”, “counteracting narcotization”, “forms of counteracting narcotization” and “methods of counteracting narcotization”. It ascertains that emerging and proliferation of narcotization has a direct correlation with the complex of social factors, each one of them obtained a specific characteristic. Besides analyzing the major factors of emergence and proliferation of narcotization of the youth, the paper gives particular attention to defining forms, methods and means of counteracting this socially harmful phenomenon. The paper studies positive experience in regard to activities of law enforcement agencies of the developed countries in the sphere of counteracting narcotization, including narcotization of the youth. It emphasizes that coercive methods of reducing narcotization have much lower efficiency compared to preventive methods that are generally more humane and economically efficient. The paper formulates the conclusion about the necessity of ongoing engagement of the community in counteracting narcotization of society, especially of the youth.

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Author Biographies

Anatoliy Trokhymovych Komziuk, Process Department of the Faculty No. 3 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs.

Doctor of Jurisprudence, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Professor of Administrative Law and Process Department of the Faculty No. 3 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs.

Ruslan Semenovych Orlovskyi, Department of Criminal Law № 1 Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.

Doctor of Jurisprudence, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of Criminal Law № 1 Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.

Bohdan Mykhailovich Orlovskyi, Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University.

Doctor of Jurisprudence, Assistant Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University.

Taisa Vasylivna Rodionova, Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University.

Candidate of Science of Law, Assistant Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University.

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