PROVIDING DRUG USE TREATMENT IN ROMANIA AMONG CHILDREN WHO HAVE COMMITTED A CRIMINAL ACT AND DON’T HAVE CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
PROVIDING DRUG USE TREATMENT IN ROMANIA AMONG CHILDREN WHO HAVE COMMITTED A CRIMINAL ACT AND DON’T HAVE CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

Summary/Abstract: The connection between drug use and crime is studied and recognized by specialists in the field, but aspects of this relationship are even more worrying when we talk about juvenile drug users who have committed criminal acts and especially minors who don’t have criminal responsibility. The phenomenon of juvenile delinquency is not a new one and over time, it has taken different forms, depending on the particularities of each era, the socio-economic situation and the cultural model. However, the opening of Romania's borders after the events of 1989, also meant the opening to illicit drug consumption, a phenomenon that represented a novelty element for Romania and that is becoming more obvious in our society. The need to protect the delinquent drug user may seem, at the level of common sense, a paradox, but a juvenile drug user who has committed a criminal offense may become a future delinquent adult with serious drug addiction’s problems. However, precisely by protecting the minor who has used drugs and committed an illicit act and with early intervention, that child has a chance to become a responsible adult, with values and basic rules related to the society in which he lives. The difficult subject of minors who commit crimes but don’t have criminal culpability is covered in this article. The legal standards, methodological regulations and instructions related to the particular intervention to (re)integrate young drug users who committed a crime but did not have criminal responsibility are examined.

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