Two years in prison for mentioning drug names on the Internet - the bill was passed on first reading yesterday
On the evening of March 25, one remarkable bill from Yarovaya was unanimously adopted in the first reading , which I want to talk about in more detail. In addition, the authors boast that its adoption in the 2nd and 3rd reading is also agreed with all.
Criminal liability is introduced - 2 years in prison - for the "propaganda" of drugs on the Internet.
2) supplement the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with article 228.5. the following content:
228.5. Propaganda or advertising of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors, plants containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors, and parts thereof containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors, using information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet network) ) The
propaganda or advertising of narcotic drugs , psychotropic substances or their precursors, plants containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors, and x parts containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors committed using information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet), -shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to fifty thousand rubles or in the amount of the convict's salary or other income for a period of up to six months, or by compulsory labor for a term of one hundred eighty to two hundred and forty hours, or correctional labor for a term of up to two years, or restriction of freedom for a term up to two years, or imprisonment for the same term .
The bill explicitly states that simply mentioning the name of the drug will be considered this very “propaganda” with all the ensuing consequences:
propaganda of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors, drug-containing plants, or parts thereof containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors - distribution of images and (or) names (including in foreign languages) of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors , narcotic plants or parts thereof containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors, information on the methods and methods for their development, manufacture, cultivation or use, places of their acquisition, a description of any advantages in the use of certain narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues or precursors, drug-containing plants or their parts containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors, the dissemination of information about the use for medical purposes of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, drug-containing plants or their parts containing drugs toxic agents or psychotropic substances or their precursors that suppress a person’s will or negatively affect their mental or physical health, as well as the production and distribution of book or audiovisual products, media products containing this information,
Total, mentioning the name of the drug or precursor on the Internet (and precursors - for example, sulfuric acid or benzaldehyde) for any purpose - will be the basis for criminal prosecution.
Serious questions arise for the competence of those who wrote - an exception has not been made even for official purposes, such as a list of precursors. Not to mention school chemistry textbooks.
About the idea itself - to punish the prison for publishing any information - I generally am silent. It remains only to lay out ways to condemn suicide.
What is characteristic, the Legal Department did not have any questions regarding such a broad definition of “propaganda” in reviews of this bill.
Even more than that, they propose expanding the bill's coverage not only on the Internet, but also offline.