Abstract

Today, a rapidly spreading drug addiction is one of the most relevant problems in Lithuania. It is possible to state without reservation that it has become a threatening social phenomenon. Drug addiction is considered to be one of the national threats. Trafficking in narcotic and psychotropic substances is being conducted on an international level, destroying states' economic and political welfare. The use of these substances has a negative impact on human mental and physical health, ruins human personality and produces other negative effects. In the article bodies of criminal acts, namely, an object, a subject, an act, an entity, guilt and a purpose, set forth in Articles 259, 260 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, are analysed. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
The Peculiarities of Qualification of Criminal Offences, Related to Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances
Author
Gutauskas, Aurelijus
Pages
n/a
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Mykolas Romeris University
ISSN
13926195
e-ISSN
20292058
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Lithuanian; English
ProQuest document ID
1436997922
Copyright
Copyright Mykolas Romeris University 2013