DECRIMINALIZATION OF DRUG POSSESSION FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION: AN ANALYSIS OF POLICIES AND IMPLICATIONS REGARDING SELECTIVITY IN THE POLICE APPROACH

Abstract

This work seeks to analyze the policies of decriminalization of drug possession for personal consumption and point out some of the possible legal consequences, after the establishment by the Federal Supreme Court - STF, of the quantity of drugs for the crime of article 33 of law 11.343/2006, in view of the jurisprudence on police approach. In addition, demonstrating the selectivity of the Drug Law, the challenges and obstacles faced from the police's perspective, resulting from the policies of decriminalization of drug possession for personal consumption. The methodology used to develop this TCC project seeks in a descriptive way, using documents such as: laws, jurisprudence, scientific articles, to discover the impact of the decriminalization of marijuana possession for personal consumption on the police approach and public safety, considering the social and legal implications involved. Furthermore, this article aims to harmonize the police approach, with the new legal understanding on possession for drug consumption, in view of the individual's private life, the human dignity of the human person, the treatment of the user by the aforementioned Drug Law and the social desires.