Ketentuan Sanksi Pidana Bagi Anak Yang Terbukti Melakukan Penyalagunaan Narkotika

Abstract

The involvement of children as drug addicts is really concerning and is a serious problem, because it directly impacts physical and mental health and affects the social aspects of the child, many things are the cause of children being encouraged to become drug addicts. The purpose of this study is to see the factors that cause children to be involved in drug abuse and to determine criminal sanctions for children who abuse drugs based on the SPPA Law, this research is a normative research with a legal approach and a conceptual approach, the results of the study say that there are economic, environmental factors and lack of family caregivers and the lack of education about drugs for children about the dangers of drugs,  Therefore, based on the provisions of the Juvenile Criminal Justice System Law (SPPA Law), the sanctions that can be imposed on children involved in drug abuse are sanctions in the form of diversion, coaching in rehabilitation institutions or conditional sentences while still respecting the interests and future of children. Deeprkan education is sustainable for children so that children do not fall into drug abuse.