Criminal offence of the unauthorised production and other handling of narcotic and psychotropic substances and poison under section 283 of the Criminal Code

The main topic of the presented thesis is a criminal offence of unauthorised production and other handling of narcotic and psychotropic substances and poison under the section 283 of the Criminal Code. The issues raised in this thesis could be considered as permanently topical, since the drug scene is constantly evolving together with the national and international drug policies which are changing as well. This thesis is divided into introduction, five chapters and conclusion. First chapter is focused on a brief historical overview of drug offences with main focus on an unauthorised production and other handling of illegal substances. This chapter also describes gradual development of the legislation regulating unauthorised production and other handling of illegal substances. Second chapter deals with the most significant international treaties and legislation of European Union related to the main focus of this thesis, which have substantive impact on the Czech national legislation regarding the criminal offence under section 283 of the Criminal Code. These regulations are analysed especially in the relevant parts, that are implemented into Czech legislation and that have direct impact on the current version of the criminal offence under section 283 of the Criminal Code. In the third chapter author..