Abstract
The article discusses the main trends in the illegal trafficking of plants containing psychoactive substances of the hallucinogen class. The author reveals the features of hallucinogens and dissociative anesthetics. The article also provides statistical indicators of the consumption growth of new psychoactive substances, including those contained in plant objects. The main criteria by which plant objects fall under the constructive apparatus of illegal trafficking are identified. The author pays special attention to applying specialized knowledge to expert identification and diagnostics of plants withdrawn from illicit trafficking containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors. To counteract the illegal trafficking of narcotic plants, the author proposes measures to improve the operational algorithms of experts’ actions when investigating herbal narcotic drugs. On the example of plants speciesBanisteriopsis caapi, the author demonstrates the lack of the study of taxonomic units of tropical plants containing hallucinogens. To solve this problem, the author proposes to change the level of definition of taxonomic affiliation from species to generic in the List of Plants containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors.
Highlights
The article discusses the main trends in the illegal trafficking of plants containing psychoactive substances of the hallucinogen class
Экспертная практика taxonomic affiliation from species to generic in the List of Plants containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their precursors
При этом все они произрастают в основном на территории южноамериканского континента и недостаточно известны в Российской Федерации для диагностики до наиболее точной таксономической единицы, то есть до вида
Summary
The article discusses the main trends in the illegal trafficking of plants containing psychoactive substances of the hallucinogen class. Критерии оценки наркосодержащих растений как фактор противодействия их нелегальному обороту Тенденция увеличения потребления новых психоактивных веществ, содержащихся в различных растительных объектах, привела к необходимости расширения Перечня растений, содержащих наркотические средства или психотропные вещества либо их прекурсоры5.
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