There are punishments for drug abuse according
to several bases such as illegal drug cultivation, production, possession,
trafficking and etc. According to the NDDCB, “The penalty of
death (which Sri Lankan courts have interpreted as non-mandatory) or life
imprisonment accrues for manufacture of heroin, cocaine, morphine or opium and
the trafficking, possession, import or export of a minimum amount of (a) 500
grams of heroin (b) 3 grams of morphine (c) 2 grams of cocaine or (d) 2 grams
of heroin. Less severe offences including the regulatory ones warrant sentences
of fines or imprisonment, the amount of the fine or the length of imprisonment
depend on the quantity of drug, the gravity of the offence and the courts
having jurisdiction. It should also be noted that no bail be granted on pending
inquiry except for special circumstances”. But there is no such circumstance
with drug use.
Crime has been a prevalent issue in society for centuries, and people have been trying to understand its causes and how to prevent it. One of the most controversial and disputed theories regarding the origins of crime is the Positivist Theory. As we enter the modern age, we come across more positivists who have analyzed crime from an anthropological point of view following in the footsteps of Lombroso in 1876 such as Kretschmer in 1925, and Hooten in 1939 and William H. Sheldon (1898–1977). Ernst Kretschmer, a German psychiatrist, attempted to link body types with personality characteristics and mental illness. He proposed four body types: Pyknik, Asthenic, Athletic, and Dysplastic. Pyknik types are short and heavily built with a social and cheerful temperament but are prone to manic-depressive psychopathology. Asthenic types are tall and thin with underdeveloped muscles, irritable, and lost in fantasy, with a schizoid temperament. Athletic types are muscular, with a well-built body bu...
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