He made the corresponding statement at a meeting of judges of courts of general jurisdiction and arbitration courts of Russia following the results of work in 2020.
“A positive trend is the decrease in convictions for crimes related to drug trafficking by 27% over the past five years.
At the same time, in 2020, convictions for these crimes decreased by only 3%, while 61% of those convicted were under 35 years old, "TASS quotes him.
He also added that the Supreme Court is constantly studying the judicial practice in this category of cases, taking into account the strategies of the state anti-drug policy of Russia.
Earlier, the site "New Sevastopol" wrote that in Sevastopol, law enforcement officers detained the leader of a criminal group that was involved in the illegal circulation of narcotic and psychotropic drugs.