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Drug Traffic Information. Romania is not a major producer of narcotics. However, the country lies on a route used to funnel heroin and opium from Afghanistan through Turkey to Western Europe. This is known as the Northern Balkan route. Romania is also a used as a depot and transit point for South American cocaine traveling to Western Europe. A large amount of precursor chemicals transit Romania from Western European countries south toward Turkey. Drugs are also brought into Romania via the Black Sea port of Constanta, as well as the country's international airports. Only 20 percent of the drugs moving through Romania are consumed domestically. (1) Social Attitudes Toward Drug Users. There is a serious lack of knowledge among the country's youth regarding the dangers of abusing drugs. (1) Officially drug use did not exist in Romania for many years. However, as the nation’s politics continue to change, the awareness of drug use is also expected to increase. (3) Romanian teenagers describe drug users as having a weak personality, as being irresponsible, a coward, stupid and dirty. Adults say they feel unprepared to handle this problem. They are afraid and feel as if they have no help. (10) Drug Overdoses. V. LAWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES A. Drug Law This section describes what is known about both the drug-related laws on the books and the way these laws are enforced. The section covers syringe access, drug possession, drug treatment, drug trafficking, and the handling of drug arrestees and prisoners within the criminal justice system. It also lists the international drug-related instruments to which the country is a signatory. Syringe Access/Needle Exchange Programs - Law. Syringe Access/Needle Exchange Programs - Practices. Substitution Therapies. Drug possession Law. Drug Possession Law-Practices. Drug treatment Law. Compulsory Treatment –Practices. Romania – 21 February 2002 - 7
Drug Trafficking Law. Law 143/2000, which was passed August 2000, gives the national police expressed powers to carry out controlled deliveries of narcotics and allows for the use of undercover police in the investigation of drug-related activities. (1) Drug Treatment Regulation. Drug Treatment Regulation-Practices. Criminal Justice System- Law. Romania is a multi-party democracy. There is a bicameral parliamentary system, a head of the government, a directly elected head of state and a judicial branch. No one can be held for more than 24 hours without an arrest order from the prosecutor. The prosecutor may then order detention for up to 30 days. However, the accused may ask for bail and hearing from a judge. The request for a hearing must be granted within 24 hours. The accused has the right to counsel. (19) Criminal Justice System- Practices. In general, the rights of the accused are respected. However, in some cases detainees have been beaten and those accused are not always informed of their rights. Prisons are improving as more money is being allocated to their budgets. They have instituted training programs. However, the prisons still use a system in which some prisoners are placed in charge of other prisoners. As a result, there have been several incidents of abuse reported. (19) International drug conventions signed. The country is a party to the following international drug agreements. ? 1988 UN Drug Convention ? Extradition treaty with the United States ? Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the United States ? UN Convention on the Trafficking of Illicit Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances ? UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols (December 2000) (1) B. Public Health and Human Rights Law This section describes what is known about public health and human rights law on the books, as well as the way these laws are enforced. The section covers the rights to healthcare, privacy, reportability and anti-discrimination generally and for HIV/AIDS patients. It also lists the international human rights instruments to which the country is a signatory. Right to Health Care/ Right to HIV Treatment –Law. Right to Health Care/ Right to HIV Treatment –Practice. Romanian hospitals cannot afford to take care of all the nation’s HIV children. Some children live in state hospitals, but many live with their families in orphanages or in small apartment Romania – 21 February 2002 - 7
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