INTRODUCE LAWS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF CANNABIS USERS

Authors

  • Wichet Sinprasitkul Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Nakhon Si Thammarat Campus

Keywords:

Cannabis, Addiction, Narcotic

Abstract

         The objectives of this article were to study the guidelines for drug law development in relation to the protection of rights. If able to develop and solve problems with cannabis users properly Will effectively benefit Thai society in the future by using various cannabis products from the study. Marijuana use is a crime. In which marijuana use is not an act that is harmful to society, it is an act of harming the individual's body, so there is no violent crime against society. Therefore, there is no need for criminal penalties because it would inflate the criminal penalties as it happened. Overcrowded prisoners or accused must go to justice unnecessarily. But today, there are still criminal offenses and criminal penalties, where the designation of "criminal offenses" is of paramount importance. Affecting the rights and freedoms of the people, Therefore, the determination of criminal offenses should be based on the theory of criminal penalties and must be done sparingly. Therefore, it shows the inconsistency with the current human changes towards cannabis, especially the use of cannabis in various forms if in the future the development of cannabis is more open. There will be various issues. Related to marijuana use is inevitable. For this reason, Thai cannabis laws need to be studied with foreign countries. This is to find ways to develop laws on the protection of marijuana users' rights. Criminal laws are not applied to marijuana use, and there are measures regarding the safety of marijuana users. as a guideline for the development of drug laws on the protection of the rights of cannabis users in Thailand

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2021-11-29

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Sinprasitkul, W. . (2021). INTRODUCE LAWS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF CANNABIS USERS. Journal of Buddhist Anthropology, 6(11), 469–482. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JSBA/article/view/251631

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