Special Program "MAK"
June 23, 2023
There is no doubt that the problem of drug addiction concerns everyone and causes great alarm in society.
There is no doubt that the problem of drug addiction concerns everyone and causes great alarm in society.
It should be noted that addiction to drugs such as heroin, methadone, and smoking mixtures containing psychotropic substances (so-called "spices" among youth) can develop from a single use. No less of an evil are narcotic substances of plant origin, such as marijuana or poppy straw, which drug addicts consider "light." A naive delusion.
Many residents of the district center also have personal plots and dachas. Amateur gardeners need to be reminded once again that there is responsibility for growing poppies and cannabis on personal plots. It does not matter whether these plants are grown for personal use or simply for beauty on the landowner's plot. For illegal sowing or cultivation without the purpose of sale or production of narcotic drugs, one will be held liable under Article 17.1 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses. Violation of this article entails a fine of up to twenty basic units. In 2022, 18 cases of illegal sowing and cultivation (growth) of narcotic-containing plants of poppy and cannabis were detected on the plots of residents of the Gluboksky district, 15.2 kg of poppy plants were destroyed, grown on a total area of 32 m2. If narcotic-containing plants are grown for the purpose of sale or production of narcotic drugs, then liability arises under Article 329 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. This unlawful act is punishable by imprisonment for up to three years, and the same actions committed repeatedly or by a group of persons may be punishable by imprisonment for a term of three to seven years. In the event that this act is committed by an organized group, this article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of five to fifteen years with confiscation of property.
We hope that the citizens and residents of our district will not remain indifferent to the problem of illegal cultivation of narcotic-containing
plants and will assist law enforcement officers. Report all known facts of the cultivation of drug-containing plants and the involvement of persons in their illegal cultivation to the Glubokskoye District Department of Internal Affairs by phone: 8 (029) 597-21-74 or 102. Confidentiality is guaranteed.
Senior Operative
Department of Drug Control and Combating Illicit Trafficking of the Glubokskoye District Department of Internal Affairs
V.V. Tsibulsky