The State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption on Thursday recommended that the House adopt the draft law on mandatory drug testing for certain categories of citizens. In particular, the bill addresses the need to be tested for drugs before getting a driver\’s license. «The bill proposes to amend the procedure for issuing a driving license and a license for the purchase of weapons in order to eliminate the possibility of their citizens to obtain non-medical use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances», — explained the chairman of the committee Irina Spring. Earlier, the chief psychiatrist of the Ministry of Health of Russia Yevgeny Brun proposed a draft law on the transfer of drivers disqualified for driving under the influence, under the supervision of a drug treatment facility. «Return rights may be, after the drug treatment centers will issue a certificate stating that the driver did not abuse alcohol during this time, a course of lectures, received some treatment» — quoted psychiatrist «RBC».
Anatoly Filatov, on electronic media