Abstract: This work presents the author’s position regarding the priority directions of anti-drug activity, which must be reflected in the updated version of the Strategy of the Russian Federation National Anti-Drug Policy:


Increase the efficiency of the national anti-drug system should consists in consolidation of efforts of all agencies of state authority and administration towards the fight against the transnational organized crime in the area of illegal trafficking;


Organization of the rehabilitation system and resocialization of drug consumers, as the basis for reducing the demand for drugs (federal level and regional segments, projection of the system for all drug consumers, demarcation of the medical and social aspects, further development of the institute of inducement, etc.).


The object of this research is the social relations emerging in the sphere of realization of the criminal-legal norms that regulate the peculiarities of anti-drug policy in the Russian Federation. The goal of the work lies in formation of propositions on improvement of the state anti-drug policy based on the corresponding theoretical analysis. The main conclusion of the conducted research consists in the author’s position on the prioritized directions of antii-drug activity, which must find their reflection on the Strategy of the Russian Federation National Anti-Drug policy. Relevant changes to this Strategy are proposed. The article applies the previously existed and current criminal legislation of the Russian Federation, corresponding norms of the foreign criminal law, results of the doctrinal research of the Russian and foreign juridical scholars, law enforcement practice of the Russian judicial agencies, official statistical data.

Abstract: This article examines the criminological characteristics of current trends of crime in the area of illegal sales and distribution of synthetic drugs as a negative social phenomenon, as well as the actions of the government and society towards ensuring effective countermeasures against drug use among population and fight against illegal trafficking of synthetic “designer” drugs. This work presents the relevance of the issue and the special aspects of the crimes in the area of illegal trade of narcotics, psychotropic substances and their substitutes (synthetic “designer” drugs, “spices”), which is defined on one hand by the complexity of detection, investigation, and prevention of these crimes, and on the other – the growth in a number of drug users and increased number of deaths due to drug overdose.