JUDGES' CONSIDERATIONS IN IMPOSING REHABILITATION TO ADDICTS IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DRUG ABUSE (Study of Sei Rampah Court Decision Number 9/Pid.Sus/2024/PN Srh)

Drug abuse is qualified as a criminal act in Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics. The application of the criminal punishment system for perpetrators of drug abuse prioritizes a humanistic approach that pays attention to the principle of individualization of punishment in the use of criminal sanctions as a means of overcoming crime. In essence, drug abusers are also victims who need medical help. The application of measures in the form of medical and social rehabilitation aims to improve the condition of drug abusers so that they are free from drug dependence so that they can return to society normally. The purpose of the study was to determine and analyze the factors that cause rehabilitation of drug addicts, to determine and analyze the objectives of punishment to be achieved through rehabilitation sanctions for drug addicts, to determine and analyze the judge's legal considerations in imposing imprisonment and rehabilitation of methamphetamine users in the Sei Rampah Court decision Number 9 / Pid.Sus / 2024 / PN Srh.