The FDCS (Federal Drug Control Service) has drafted a law which will make drug usage a crime. Currently drug usage is treated as an administrative violation punishable by a fine of 4000-5000 ruble ($137-170) or an administrative arrest of up to 15 days.

Under the new draft proposals there will be an introduction of new sanctions to the criminal code but there will also be new provision in a number of other laws.The article on drug usage according to RAPSI (Russian Legal Information Agency) will include a punishment of 2 years for drug usage! The proposals will also allow judges to impose forced labour and/or forced treatment instead of jail sentences.

The authors of the draft say that the sanctions should be used if an individuals drug use has been established within a year after he/she has been brought to administrative responsibility.