1. Half a gram -- a thousand lives.
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Levinson, Lev
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PSYCHIATRIC drug laws , *PHARMACEUTICAL policy , *DRUG abuse , *CRIMINAL liability - Abstract
The article presents information on the latest drug policy change in the Russian Criminal Code: a decrease of the drug threshold amounts for which possession can lead to a criminal liability. Also, the article presents an assessment of the 2003-2004 liberal revisions in the Criminal Code, and an analysis of the background/premise for the 2006 counter-reform. The author examines the new criteria for establishing criminal liability and possible consequences of these changes for people who use illicit psycho-active substances for non-medical purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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