A review of the legislations in controlling precursors in Malaysia / Hasrolnizam Abdullah, Mohd Yusri Che Musa and Tommy Buja

Precursor control is relatively new in many countries including Malaysia. However, in Malaysia the diversion of the precursors by the drugs syndicate has become a major concern. This can be identified by the number of clandestine drug labs discovered throughout the country recently by the Police. Th...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Hasrolnizam, Che Musa, Mohd Yusri, Buja, Tommy
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33298/
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Che Musa, Mohd Yusri
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description Precursor control is relatively new in many countries including Malaysia. However, in Malaysia the diversion of the precursors by the drugs syndicate has become a major concern. This can be identified by the number of clandestine drug labs discovered throughout the country recently by the Police. The diversion of the precursors needs to be fully addressed so that the illicit drugs manufacturer will not be able to easily abuse the system. Thus the legislations that control the precursors and the enforcement agencies that enforce the legislations will be reviewed to identify their strengths and weaknesses. This research is set out to examine the legislations and also the agencies involved in the control of precursors in the country through the qualitative research methodology where the information is gathered from journals, reports, articles and books. A semi structured interview of the personnel from the relevant agencies is also conducted. From this research it has been discovered that the existing legislations are not designed specifically to control precursors. The Poisons Act 1952 (Act 366) was initially initiated to control a wide range of chemicals including the chemicals that have medicinal value. The Act is considered sufficient in controlling the importation, sale or supply, transporting, labelling and recording of precursors but lacks in controlling the exportation, manufacturing, possession, usage and disposal of precursors. These weaknesses of the Act in controlling precursors should be reviewed and resolved by the government. Thus, there is a need to improve the current legislations and the enforcement approaches in regards to the control of precursors in Malaysia.
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spelling uitm-332982020-10-25T13:15:35Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33298/ A review of the legislations in controlling precursors in Malaysia / Hasrolnizam Abdullah, Mohd Yusri Che Musa and Tommy Buja Abdullah, Hasrolnizam Che Musa, Mohd Yusri Buja, Tommy Comparative law. International uniform Law Precursor control is relatively new in many countries including Malaysia. However, in Malaysia the diversion of the precursors by the drugs syndicate has become a major concern. This can be identified by the number of clandestine drug labs discovered throughout the country recently by the Police. The diversion of the precursors needs to be fully addressed so that the illicit drugs manufacturer will not be able to easily abuse the system. Thus the legislations that control the precursors and the enforcement agencies that enforce the legislations will be reviewed to identify their strengths and weaknesses. This research is set out to examine the legislations and also the agencies involved in the control of precursors in the country through the qualitative research methodology where the information is gathered from journals, reports, articles and books. A semi structured interview of the personnel from the relevant agencies is also conducted. From this research it has been discovered that the existing legislations are not designed specifically to control precursors. The Poisons Act 1952 (Act 366) was initially initiated to control a wide range of chemicals including the chemicals that have medicinal value. The Act is considered sufficient in controlling the importation, sale or supply, transporting, labelling and recording of precursors but lacks in controlling the exportation, manufacturing, possession, usage and disposal of precursors. These weaknesses of the Act in controlling precursors should be reviewed and resolved by the government. Thus, there is a need to improve the current legislations and the enforcement approaches in regards to the control of precursors in Malaysia. 2009 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33298/1/33298.pdf Abdullah, Hasrolnizam and Che Musa, Mohd Yusri and Buja, Tommy (2009) A review of the legislations in controlling precursors in Malaysia / Hasrolnizam Abdullah, Mohd Yusri Che Musa and Tommy Buja. (2009) [Student Project] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Comparative law. International uniform Law
Abdullah, Hasrolnizam
Che Musa, Mohd Yusri
Buja, Tommy
A review of the legislations in controlling precursors in Malaysia / Hasrolnizam Abdullah, Mohd Yusri Che Musa and Tommy Buja
title A review of the legislations in controlling precursors in Malaysia / Hasrolnizam Abdullah, Mohd Yusri Che Musa and Tommy Buja
title_full A review of the legislations in controlling precursors in Malaysia / Hasrolnizam Abdullah, Mohd Yusri Che Musa and Tommy Buja
title_fullStr A review of the legislations in controlling precursors in Malaysia / Hasrolnizam Abdullah, Mohd Yusri Che Musa and Tommy Buja
title_full_unstemmed A review of the legislations in controlling precursors in Malaysia / Hasrolnizam Abdullah, Mohd Yusri Che Musa and Tommy Buja
title_short A review of the legislations in controlling precursors in Malaysia / Hasrolnizam Abdullah, Mohd Yusri Che Musa and Tommy Buja
title_sort review of the legislations in controlling precursors in malaysia / hasrolnizam abdullah, mohd yusri che musa and tommy buja
topic Comparative law. International uniform Law
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33298/