How Is Drug Possession a Criminal Offense?
Question by socratesone: How is drug possession a criminal offense?
I’ve been trying to look up what a “crime” is. While legal dictionaries can have a wide range of definitions that pretty much amount to “what is against the law”, according to most state law, as well as federal law, a crime consists of the “corpus delicti”, which consists of two parts:
1) An INJURY, and
2) a criminal CAUSE.
What is the injury that is caused by growing or possessing cannabis?
This is where I got the question:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=198325969631851603
(He starts going over cases, legal precedents, and definitions about 10 minutes into the video)
It seems as if nobody bothered reading the question. I’m guessing that none of you bothered clicking on the link.
I ask what the injury is, and you say it’s an injury against the people? That’s NOT AN ANSWER. I didn’t ask WHO the injury was against. I asked WHAT the injury was.
I don’t understand this idea of a “contract”? I never signed a contract like that, yet I’m obligated to it and it’s enforcement is legitimate and I have no say in the matter? That makes no sense. That’s like living in a mafia-controlled neighborhood. They also have an “implied contract”, which is exactly no contract at all.
This board is supposed to be about ethics, yet it seems as if you are all saying that ethical behavior is defined as being obedient to people that you did not consciously choose to be your “masters”. Isn’t this the “morality” of a slave?
Slappy’s is the ONLY answer that makes ANY sense. The rest of you should NOT ANSWER if you have no idea what you are talking about. You are only serving to confuse people.
Best answer:
Answer by answergurudude
because drugs are illegal,sooooooo if your in possession of it you r gonna get in trouble
Answer by J.D.
The legislature creates a law that is deemed in the “interest and welfare of the people” therefore, a law against possession of a substance is enforced to protect the general welfare of the people. The injury is to the people.
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I don’t know what you are looking at, but criminal law isnt like that…
A crime consists of an actus reus (guilty act) and mens rea (guilty mind).
The conduct proscribed by possession laws is that of having prohibited substances. The mental state is that of knowing that you have the substance and knowing what the substance is.
There doesn’t have to be an injury…The legislature only has to decide that the law furthers a public policy interest.
It’s an injury to the people who reside in your state..
If its statutory, it is on behalf of “the people”. So possessing drugs when it is against the law, is a crime against the people.
Thats why its “people versus”
A crime is merely something that is forbidden by law for which the punishment may include a term of imprisonment. Anything not protected by the constitution may be made a crime by passing a law making it so.
Edit:
I understand you think it’s arbitrary and perhaps unfair that crimes can be created out of thin air by law, but that does not change the fact that my answer is correct. A crime is anything the law defines as a crime.