It is proposed to supplement the content of the term process of industrial hemp by fixing that the drying of plants of industrial hemp is also a process of industrial hemp. The draft law also proposes to establish an authorizing norm for the Government to set requirements for packaging, storage, transportation, and destruction of industrial hemp.
The First RA Deputy Minister of Health Lena Nanushyan informed about these and other proposed amendments presenting the legislative package on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and Amending the RA Code on Administrative Offenses for debate in the first reading on April 12. According to the rationale, the need for the proposed legal regulations is due to the protection of the rights, legal interests, morals and health of individuals, defense and security of the state.
The deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Sona Ghazaryan inquired from the Deputy Minister about the illegal sale of drugs, which takes place especially through Telegram channels. According to the information the deputy has, drug sales also take place in schools. The deputy inquired about the fight against drugs.
Lena Nanushyan noted that recently, through medical institutions, it is noticeable that not only the number of drug users, but also the number of young people using drugs has increased in recent years, among them there are also young women.
Responding, Sona Ghazaryan proposed to work with schools, presenting children more vividly how the quality of their lives will be distorted because of using drugs and what irreversible consequences there will be. Lena Nanushyan stated that during the past two years, there have been several meetings in high schools, and they will be continued.
Lena Nanushyan said that the use of psychostimulants very often leads to mental health problems.
The NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs endorsed the package.