International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume VI, Issue XII, December 2022|ISSN 2454-6186
Pandemic Covid-19 and Drugs Abuse in The Area of Metro Jaya Police Departement
AchmadArdhy, Chryshnanda Dwilaksana, Surya Nita
Master of Police Science, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Abstract: Drug abuse is still a major threat, even during the Covid-19 pandemic. Drug abuse does not show a decrease amid mobility restrictions. This research seeks to see how drug abuse is carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic in the jurisdiction of Polda Metro Jaya. By using descriptive qualitative research, the results showed that drug abuse during the pandemic was the most common crime committed. The response to the spread of Covid-19 in the form of restrictions on community mobility has had an impact on disrupting the supply chain of the drug market. Drug dealers during the Covid-19 pandemic tried to use other ways to overcome mobility restrictions by diverting transportation to routes they considered less risky, such as black ports. Cannabis is produced locally and distributed via land routes, indications show that this supply chain has not been disrupted by Covid-19. In addition, drug users also show changes in consumption patterns by looking for drugs that are easy to obtain and use, such as liquid vape.
Key words: abuse, drugs, pandemic, covid-19, Metro Jaya Police Departement
I. INTRODUCTION
The development of science is very rapid which provides benefits for human life. Advances in science also facilitate access to communication and transportation, so that the flow of information and goods can take place very quickly. However, not all knowledge is put to good use, some use this knowledge for negative things. With these various conveniences causing changes in socio-cultural life between countries, world countries are faced with the phenomenon of increasing transnational crime (transnational crime).
Farouk (2008:36) argues that in Indonesia, the crimes that most threaten the existence of the state are drug trafficking, money laundering, terrorism, human trafficking and cyber crime. The beginning of drug abuse began in prehistoric times in Mesopotamia, known as “Gil” which means happy material (Alda, 1985:31). Ability “Gil” spread in the West, America, and even Asia. This material also destroyed China in 1840 which was used as a subversive tool by the British, causing the most famous war in history, namely The Opium War which was won by the British (Taufik.M, 2005:9).
The circulation of Indonesian narcotics and opium types began since the Dutch colonial era. Users mainly come from the middle class, especially ethnic Chinese (Taufik.M, 2005:10). Circulation and abuse of narcotics are increasingly occurring in society and the types of narcotics in circulation are increasingly diverse. In 1970, the distribution of narcotics became more massive, thus disrupting political stability and security in the context of the success of national development.