Digital drugs from a criminal law perspective

Abstract

Digital drugs are one of the concepts that have recently wide spreaded , due to the great technological development in wide areas of life. This concept has caused many legal problems, especially that most of the criminal laws did not adopt a clear position towards it, nor did it criminalize the issue of abuse and addiction to listening to music, Either because of their nature and not being compared to real or realistic drugs that are criminalized in accordance with the provisions of the law, or because the effect of these tones from a medical point of view on the mentality and health of the abuser or addict has not been proven. This required an explanation of the concept of digital drugs, and the impact of modern technology on its spread, with a statement of the position of criminal laws on this concept, including the Iraqi Narcotics and Psychotropic Law No. (50) of 2017. We ended the research with some results and proposals, including the amendment of the Iraqi Narcotics and Psychotropic Law No. (50) of 2017, to include in its scope the issue of criminalizing the promotion, abuse and sale of digital applications that can have an impact on the mentality and health of the abuser or addict.