The Federal Service for Drug Control has developed a bill that gives judges the right to sentence defendants to compulsory treatment for drug addiction. On it informs «Interfax».
«Quite an effective measure to motivate individuals addicted to drugs and consuming narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances for medical treatment and rehabilitation will serve as the laying on of court charges to undergo treatment, medical and social rehabilitation for drug addiction. Federal Drug Control Service In Russia, a bill that is supposed to endow the court in the administrative proceedings aforesaid powers » , — Said the agency.
«Also, the draft decision is not provided for registration of persons who have tried drugs for the first time and, according to the Court, are not in need of treatment and rehabilitation. Regulation only approve the procedure, which defines a system of measures aimed at controlling the execution of court decisions persons found sick or consuming addiction drugs without a prescription » , — The Federal Drug Control Service.
Meanwhile, earlier in May, Federal Drug Control Service offered to put on record not only the addicts but also those who have been caught in the occasional use of illicit substances.