Forensic Pharmacy and Medicine: Risks for Pharmacotherapy of Addiction and Countering of Illegal Circulation of Psychoactive Substances in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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forensic pharmacy, forensic medicine, addiction, pharmacotherapy, illegal circulation, psychoactive substances, psychotropic substances, precursorsAbstract
Conducted forensic and pharmacological study of international experience of the risks of pharmacotherapy of addiction and countering of illegal circulation of psychoactive substances in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychoactive substances include narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, precursors, psychoactive drugs. Noted that in modern conditions of pandemic and its new strain "Omicron" intensifies anti-epidemic measures in all countries of the world, which requires the healthcare system, especially in Ukraine, to concentrate healthcare, finance and medicine for vaccination of citizens of all ages, pharmacotherapy of comorbid, concomitant, dual, addictive disorders on the background of coronavirus disease. The experience of the world's leading countries on the risks of the spread of illegal circulation of psychoactive substances of different classification and legal groups was studied. It has been established that the demand for illegal psychoactive substances grows, and the globalization of the drug business is stabilizing in the form of transnational organized criminal drug groups. This makes it necessary for the legislature to constantly increase criminal liability for illegal circulation of psychoactive substances, drugs, psychotropic substances, precursors, psychoactive drugs. Noted that the relevant police and operational services should constantly improve the level and system of prevention and control of illegal circulation of psychoactive substances. At the same time, stricter liability should be provided for the actions of members of organized criminal drug circulation groups for the sale (production, modification of storage, transportation, transfer of trade, etc.) of psychoactive substances of different classification and legal groups, including for profit in large quantities and especially large amounts. Rule-making initiatives to the Article 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine were developed and proposed.
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