Criminal responsibility for illicit traffi c of new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances
The article deals with issues concerning establishment of criminal liability for trafficking of new psychoactive substances. The fact-based necessity to list new criminally prohibited kinds and amount of psychoactive substances is asserted. The notion of new hazardous psychoactive substances as the target of crime is given (article 2341 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The author claims that the ground for establishment of criminal liability for trafficking of new hazardous substances is the increase of uncontrolled psychoactive substances that lead to spreading of drug addiction and chemical abuse. The author emphasizes that notion “substance intoxication” should be considered a broader notion than “drug intoxication” with defining new hazardous psychoactive substances intoxication as substance but not drug intoxication. The author pays attention to the fact that status of new hazardous psychoactive substance is temporal and can be established for 2 years. Characteristics of new hazardous psychoactive substances are specified, legal norms regulating liability for its trafficking are analyzed and the necessity of legislation improvement in this sphere is concluded.