It is said in matters of evidence that a fact is notorious when it is relieved of these and because any person has a general knowledge, even without being specialized; an example is inflation. It does not need further explanation about the consequences for health, family integrity, public order, among others.
Paraphrasing, it could be said that illicit substances have been decimating the economically active population due to the harmful effects that their use implies. Young people are an important component within this assertion.
Now, Venezuela being a country with a privileged geographical location, it does not escape this scourge.
That is why the Organic Law on Drugs (LOD, 2010) was approved, the purpose of which is to establish the mechanisms and measures of control, surveillance and supervision in the national territory, to which narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as substances chemical, precursor and essential, susceptible to be diverted to the illicit manufacture of drugs; determine the crimes and penalties related to illicit drug trafficking, as well as the pertinent administrative offenses and their corresponding sanctions; identify and determine the nature of the governing body in the fight against drug abuse and illicit trafficking; regulate what pertains to social security measures applicable to the consumer, due to the improper consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;and regulate what is related to the comprehensive prevention of drug use and the prevention of illicit drug trafficking.
It should be noted that this normative instrument does not act in isolation, but the Organic Code of Criminal Procedure (COPP, 2012), the Venezuelan Civil Code (1982), the Organic Law for the Protection of Boys, Girls and Adolescents (LOPNNA, 2007), among others.
Although it is conceived as a national court competence, since the Judicial Power, the Public Ministry and police forces such as the Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations (CICPC); The National Guard (GN) or the National Police are national bodies, it is no less true that the municipality receives the effects of their application, since local institutions are deployed.
See with some examples.
The municipal police forces, during their procedures, encounter situations foreseen as crimes or infractions in the LOD, in terms of crime prevention. The administrative bodies of the child and adolescent protection system attend to situations where the application of this Law is involved.
Another case is in the tax area, given that the municipal tax administration - as in the case of others - encounters scenarios that constitute tax illicit just like those typified in the LOD.
Municipal schools have - on a daily basis, as in all - permanent exposure to the threat of people who incite the beginning of consumption, trafficking, possession or other acts that seek in children or adolescents the "ideal" or "perfect" subjects to commit his misdeeds; the same happens in the health services.
For this, both the LOD and the Organic Law of Municipal Public Power have been building mechanisms for the prevention and repression of illicit crimes in this area. Citizen participation is an excellent tool in this regard.
There are ordinances that seek the creation of mechanisms where communities - in conjunction with local bodies and entities - come together to act with successful results; Examples can be found in those of citizen coexistence, sports, environment, participation, culture, among others. Likewise, municipal police forces, mayors and municipal councils seek spaces where related issues are discussed, such as citizens' assemblies, talks, seminars, among others.
The LOD establishes rules for the use of goods that are used for the commission of crimes, which - because they are the product of an illegal activity - are not incorporated into free commercial traffic, but must be used in programs and projects that promote social work accepted, for which the municipalities should direct their efforts to be employed - by way of example - in uses such as schools, museums, sports fields, among others, which are beneficial for citizens.
The radius of action could also be expanded with local tax incentives, as indicated by the LOD for the national, when taxpayers and other taxpayers make contributions to programs or projects for the education, rehabilitation, among others, of people who have succumbed to the harmful effects of illicit substances.
