He announced this at a meeting of the State Anti-Drug Committee.
“Since the beginning of the year, more than 5 thousand inspections of pharmacy organizations have been carried out. Over 1 thousand administrative offenses have been identified, ”TASS quotes Kolokoltsev.
He noted that in connection with the introduction of criminal liability for over-the-counter dispensing of a number of potent substances from December 1, article 234 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Illicit trafficking of potent or toxic substances for sale”) also includes the sale of “Pregabalin” and “Tropikamida” , the maximum penalty for trafficking in which is 8 years in prison.
At the same time, Kolokoltsev announced a decrease in the number of people who allow non-medical consumption of psychoactive drugs in certain entities, as well as a half reduction in the consumption of such substances in the Stavropol Territory, and a half in North Ossetia.
Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs created within the agency a group to prevent crime by police officers involved in combating the spread of drugs.
In early September, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to tighten responsibility for the propaganda of narcotic drugs on the network, as well as increase police staff to combat their illicit trafficking.
In November, it became known that the anti-drug units on the Internet would appear in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.