In Russia will start to grow opium poppy The Ministry is preparing the relevant amendments to the criminal code and other regulations. The Ministry is going to legalize the production of narcotic plants in Russia. As told “Izvestia” in the Ministry, the Ministry is preparing a bill that would remove the current ban on the commercial cultivation of opium poppy for the production of painkillers. Today, all narcotic drugs, even produced in Russia, are manufactured from imported raw materials. The Ministry proposes to permit the cultivation of narcotic plants only in the industrial purposes and not for personal use. The Ministry said that the production of narcotic drugs on a full cycle to be of priority importance for the development of the pharmaceutical industry. In the Russian Federation registered 13 opioid drugs (nine of them are included in the list of vital and essential drugs), which are produced by Federal
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