Natura juridică și raportul dintre infracțiunea de trafic național de droguri, reglementată în art. 2 și infracțiunea de deținere de droguri în vederea consumului, reglementată în art. 4 din Legea nr. 143/2000

• Published in: Penalmente relevant no. 1; pp. 10 - 34
• Main Author: Povăliceanu, Claudia Cristina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Romanian
• Published: Solomon Publishing House 2023; Editura Solomon
• Subjects: Criminal Law; Language and Literature Studies; national drug trafficking; possession of drugs for one’s own consumption; concurrence; absorption; quantity for one’s own consumption; complex offence; double punishment
• ISSN: 2501-1367

This paper analyses the potential for the natural absorption of the offence regulated by Article 4 of Law No. 143/2000 into the offence regulated by Article 2 of the same law, specifically in instances where one of the material elements common to both offences is committed with the dual intent of personal consumption and trafficking. It examines the extent to which, de lege lata, treating these two offences concurrently results in the double jeopardy of the offender for the same act. The paper also highlights the inequalities stemming from the absence of clear and predictable criteria for differentiating between the two offences. Additionally, it discusses the classification of small, standard, and large quantities, as well as specific dosages for personal consumption as established for certain drugs in German jurisprudence. Proposals for future legislation (de lege ferenda) to introduce a quantitative criterion to aid in distinguishing between the offences criminalised in Articles 2 and 4 will be presented.