On Some Issues of Criminal Policy of the Russian Federation on Affairs about Drugs
The article discusses the changes of the amounts of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for purposes of criminal liability. Analyzes how the change will serve the stated leadership goal of differentiation of responsibility between distributors and consumers of drugs. Also proposes possible steps to improve the practice of criminal drug cases. The author focuses on the specifics of enforcement (judiciary, oversight and investigative, including the FSIN of Russia and Federal drug control service of the Russian Federation) practices, attempting to analyze the official acts of generalization and the interpretation of decisions of courts of higher level. The trend observed in the activity of courts of General jurisdiction is revealed through the prism of decisions taken by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the European Court of human rights. Provisions of substantive criminal law are disclosed in the aspect of offset links with government, administrative, criminal procedure.