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International experience

Drug addiction is listed as a disease by the World Health Organization and “criminal punishment for a disease in absolutely intolerable,” WHO expert Vladimir Mendelevich told Gazeta.ru.

He stressed that many developed countries were attempting to decriminalize drugs.

Denmark, German, Italy and Austria all have punishment for drug possession, but not use.

In the UK there has been a trend of decriminalizing drug use, but those caught in possession could get up to seven years in prison, depending on the class of drug and quantities. Supplying could lead to a life term.

Head of City Without Drugs fund Yevgeny Roisman argues that every country that is serious about fighting drug use – USA, China, Sweden and Japan -- introduced criminal punishment for drug use.

“The drug addict should have a choice – go to prison or get treatment. It is necessary to widely open the gates to medical and social rehabilitation. But at the moment there is no state rehabilitation at all,” Roisman told Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Florida recently introduced a bill denying drug-users state benefits, CNN reported. Applicants for state benefits will have to pay for the tests themselves, and if they pass, the money would be reimbursed.

A similar law was passed in Michigan in 2003, but was found unconstitutional as it was found to contradict to the fourth amendment which protects the nationals from unreasonable search.

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