Article 17.1. Illegal sowing and/or cultivation of plants or fungi containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances

Illegal sowing and/or cultivation of plants or fungi containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, without the purpose of their sale or manufacture or any other acquisition of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances – results in a fine of up to twenty basic units.

Article 19.3. Drinking alcoholic, low‑alcoholic beverages or beer, consumption of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues in a public place or appearing
in a public place or at work in a state of intoxication

3. Appearing in a public place in a condition caused by consumption without a specialist doctor's prescription of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their analogues, toxic or other intoxicating substances, which offends human dignity and public morality, as well as refusal to undergo the prescribed examination (assessment) to determine the condition caused by consumption of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues, toxic or other intoxicating substances – results in a fine of from five to ten basic units.

4. Being at the workplace during working hours in a condition caused by consumption without a specialist doctor's prescription of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their analogues, toxic or other intoxicating substances, as well as refusal to undergo the prescribed examination (assessment) to determine the condition caused by consumption of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues, toxic or other intoxicating substances – results in a fine of from eight to twelve basic units.

5. Consumption without a specialist doctor's prescription of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in a public place or consumption of their analogues in a public place, as well as refusal to undergo the prescribed examination (assessment) to determine the condition caused by consumption of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues, toxic or other intoxicating substances – results in a fine of from ten to fifteen basic units.

Article 328. Illegal circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their precursors and analogues

1. Illegal, without the purpose of sale, manufacturing, processing, acquisition, storage, transportation or shipment of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors or analogues -
are punished by restriction of liberty for up to five years or deprivation of liberty for a term of two to five years.

2. Illegal, with the purpose of sale, manufacturing, processing, acquisition, storage, transportation or shipment, or illegal distribution of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors or analogues – is punished by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to eight years with a fine or without a fine.

3. Actions provided for in part 2 of this article, committed by a group of persons, or by an official using his official powers, or by a person who previously committed crimes provided for by this article, articles 327, 329 or 331 of this Code, or in relation to narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues in a large amount, or in relation to especially dangerous narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, or the distribution of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their precursors or analogues on the territory of an educational institution, a health organization, a military unit, a correctional institution, a detention house, places of detention, a therapeutic‑labor prophylactic institution, at the site of a mass event or to a knowingly minor – are punished by deprivation of liberty for a term of six to fifteen years with a fine or without a fine.

4. Actions provided for in parts 2 or 3 of this article, committed by an organized group or associated with the manufacture or processing of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors or analogues using laboratory glassware or laboratory equipment intended for chemical synthesis – are punished by deprivation of liberty for a term of ten to twenty years with a fine or without a fine.

5. Actions provided for in parts 2‑4 of this article, which through negligence caused the death of a person as a result of his consumption of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues – are punished by deprivation of liberty for a term of twelve to twenty‑five years with a fine or without a fine.

Note. A person who voluntarily surrenders narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their precursors or analogues and actively contributes to the detection or suppression of a crime related to the illegal circulation of these substances, the exposure of the persons who committed it, the discovery of property obtained criminally, is exempted from criminal liability for this offense.

Article 328-1. Illegal movement across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union or the State border of the Republic of Belarus of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors or analogues

1. Illegal movement across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union or the State border of the Republic of Belarus of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors or analogues - is punished by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to seven years with a fine or without a fine.

2. An act provided for in part 1 of this article, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, or repeatedly, or by a person who previously committed crimes provided for by articles 228 and 333-1 of this Code, or by an official using his official powers, or by applying violence to a person conducting customs or border control, or in relation to especially dangerous narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, or in relation to narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues in a large amount, - is punished by deprivation of liberty for a term of five to ten years with a fine or without a fine.

3. An act provided for in parts 1 or 2 of this article, committed by an organized group, – is punished by deprivation of liberty for a term of seven to twelve years with a fine or without a fine.

Article 328-2. Consumption of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues in a public place or appearing in a public place or being at work in a condition caused by consumption of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues, toxic or other intoxicating substances

Consumption without a specialist doctor's prescription of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in a public place or consumption of their analogues in a public place, as well as appearing in a public place in a condition caused by consumption without a specialist doctor's prescription of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or consumption of their analogues, toxic or other intoxicating substances, which offends human dignity and public morality, or being at the workplace during working hours in a condition caused by consumption without a specialist doctor's prescription of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or consumption of their analogues, toxic or other intoxicating substances, committed within a year after the imposition of an administrative penalty for the same violations – are punished by a fine, or arrest, or restriction of liberty for up to two years.

ATTENTION!!!

The effect of smoking blends on the human body is 5‑10 times stronger than that of plant‑based preparations containing narcotic substances. Almost immediately after intake, powerful hallucinations occur. Reactions to “spice” can vary – psychosis, euphoria, laughter or fear, a complete loss of control over actions. Moreover, even occasional smoking of blends becomes a cause of irreversible processes in the human central nervous system, ranging from slowed cognitive activity to depressive states.

REMEMBER!

• Addiction – a deadly dangerous disease.
  • The life of an addict is very short.
  • Addicts often infect each other with dangerous and incurable diseases: AIDS, hepatitis, etc.
  • Drugs strongly affect the brain and make a person mentally impaired.
  • An addict takes from the family not only money but also all somewhat valuable things to buy drugs, without which he cannot live.

Drugs are substances capable of causing a state of joyful intoxication, habituation and dependence.

WHAT EFFECT DOES A NARCOTIC HAVE ON A PERSON?

A person in a state of narcotic intoxication stops feeling emotional and physical pain, experiences a sense of lightness and comfort. This sense of lightness leads to loss of self‑control and loss of sense of reality. The state of narcotic intoxication continues only while the narcotic substance is present in the blood.

HOW DOES ADDICTION DEVELOP IN PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS?

In a person who constantly uses drugs, sensitivity to them gradually decreases. After a while, the usual doses are no longer enough to achieve pleasure. The victim of addiction is forced to increase the dose. Subsequently, even that is insufficient, leading to a transition to a stronger narcotic substance. Thus, gradually, a person becomes accustomed to strong drugs, from which there is almost no escape.

WHAT HARM DO DRUGS CAUSE?

All drugs are inherently poisons that affect all organ systems and tissues, especially the central nervous system, brain, reproductive system, liver and kidneys. Typically, even the healthiest people who regularly use drugs live no more than ten years. Most die earlier. It is common for people to die within the first year after starting to use a narcotic substance. Because addicts use non‑sterile syringes, many blood‑borne diseases such as HIV, hepatitis and others are common among them. They often die from these diseases earlier than from drug poisoning.

HOW DOES ADDICTION AFFECT A PERSON'S MENTAL APPEARANCE?

Emotional emptiness increases, irritability, apathy, relaxation of will, and with certain drugs, mental decline occurs. Externally this manifests as sluggishness, callousness, rudeness, selfishness, dishonesty. A person who uses drugs loses control over his life, undergoes a deep transformation, becomes completely different. Intelligence gradually declines.

WHAT DO PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION DIE FROM?

In most cases from overdose. An addict, after a few years, faces complete destruction of the liver and the whole body. However many do not reach this point and die from allergies, infectious and accompanying diseases, for example, AIDS or hepatitis. Many end their lives by suicide or die a violent death, as addicts are often linked to organized crime. An addict loses the instinct of self‑preservation and can easily freeze, become a crime victim, get into an accident, die from an unfortunate incident and many other causes.

REMEMBER WHAT HARM DRUGS DO TO A PERSON! BE CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS!

Addicts rarely live past the age of 30. Usually addicts become people whose physical and mental strength declines, making it hard to fight for their place in life under the sun.

All researchers (whether doctors, sociologists, educators, etc.) agree that addiction is most dangerous during adolescence, when a person's worldview is still forming.

One of the American addiction specialists R. Christensen writes: “I have never met a chronic addict over the age of 30. The point is that a person starts using drugs at eighteen and by twenty becomes a ‘chronic’, i.e., needs daily consumption of his supplement; his chances of reaching thirty are practically nil, even if before his harmful habit he was athletically healthy.”

Addiction is a very frightening disease because it manifests as a painful dependence on any narcotic substances – be it medicines, hashish or heavier drugs.

An addict, in search of money for the next dose, may resort to anything – theft, deception, and in some cases even murder. As soon as he takes a drug, he feels a bit better. For that brief relief, the addict often consciously deprives himself of all other joys of life.

By taking a drug, an addict simply signs a death sentence for himself. However, narcotic substances are very expensive. Those who traffic them earn colossal sums. Honest work will not earn such money, but drug dealers always need buyers for their product, willing to pay any amount for a dose of the needed substance. They resort to all sorts of tricks to get a person to try the drug for the first time.

Often the first dose is sold for a negligible amount or even given for free. Dealers may deliberately send an agent into a group of teenagers or schoolchildren to “plant” them on the needle. They are determined to do anything so that at least one of their acquaintances starts using or at least tries this poison once. Even the first dose of a drug can be lethal.

A drug kills the strongest, smartest and most willful people. Almost no one can cope with it. Drugs are a health disaster.

Children and teenagers often die from drug overdose. The prevalence of addicts among children and teens is a tragedy for many parents.

It happens that due to habituation the drug stops giving the addict euphoria and becomes merely necessary for survival. Then the narcotic substance becomes only a means to eliminate aggression, anger, melancholy and apathy.

Under constant influence of narcotic substances a person becomes increasingly withdrawn, rude, losing familial, friendly and other social ties, and virtually all cultural and moral values. This is possible due to pronounced disturbances in the central nervous system and brain.

The brain is the main target of narcotic substances. Many scientists have long established a link between normal brain function and lifespan. It has also been found that any disturbances in the central nervous system disrupt the functioning of many organs and systems. The earlier the body is exposed to narcotics, the more lethal the effect will be.