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InvisibleAlex213
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Russia land of the free?
    #5604018 - 05/08/06 04:50 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Even the russians have more freedom than americans. Go figure.

Personal possession of drugs no longer jailable in Russia

Russians will no longer be jailed for carrying small amounts of illegal drugs under a new law that came into effect this week. President Vladimir Putin signed the legislation in December, specifying administrative fines or community service for possession of no more than 10 times the amount of a "single dose" of drugs.

It took the five months since Putin signed the bill for various lawmakers and organizations to agree on what constitutes a single dose. Anyone caught in possession of these amounts or less cannot legally be detained, a spokeswoman for the Moscow branch of the Federal Anti-Drug Service said.  Instead, a report will be filed and the fine will be determined by a court.

The new amounts are 20 grams of marijuana, 5 grams of hashish, mescaline or opium, 1.5 grams of cocaine, 1 gram of heroin or methamphetamine, and 0.003 grams of LSD. Under the old standards, someone caught with as little as 0.1 grams of marijuana could be jailed. It is important to note that foreigners can be expelled from Russia or denied re-entry even under the new, more relaxed drug laws.

Alexander Mikhailov, deputy head of the Federal Anti-Drug Service, sounded less than pleased about the new rules in an interview with the Moscow Times.

"Now drug addicts have the right to run around with their pockets full of marijuana," he said, "and we can't even detain them."  :grin: :grin:

http://www.tdpf.org.uk/MediaNews_LatestNews_17_05_04.htm


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Re: Russia land of the free? [Re: Alex213]
    #5604299 - 05/08/06 09:15 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

:thumbup:


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Re: Russia land of the free? [Re: barfightlard]
    #5604337 - 05/08/06 09:33 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Thats fuckin awesome, lets hope it gains momentum


Edited by Turn (05/08/06 09:33 AM)


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Re: Russia land of the free? [Re: Turn]
    #5604382 - 05/08/06 09:52 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

This article is outdated (from 2004).

Unfortunately, this law has already been reversed. Mostly because of pressure from certain lobbies (e.g. the institutions that are specialised in arresting people for altering their mind).


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Re: Russia land of the free? [Re: heidegger]
    #5604572 - 05/08/06 11:13 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Are you sure they've been reversed? I know the russian drug cops were campaigning for a reversal but the last I heard they'd just lowered the amounts.


Edited by Alex213 (05/08/06 11:23 AM)


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