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The Tambov court dismissed the case of drug propaganda in a publication about a scientific experiment
In the Tambov region, the court dismissed the administrative case of Andrey Sushkov, editor-in-chief of the local online publication Nezavisimy Publicist, under article 6.13 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on drug propaganda. According to the Center for the Protection of Media Rights, Sushkov was defended by the Center's lawyer Ekaterina Shmygina .
Andrey Sushkov received the notice of termination of the case on June 4. The decision to close the administrative case due to the insignificance of the Magistrate's Court of Judicial District No. 3 of the city of Michurinsk was issued on April 20.
a report on Andrey Sushkov in February Roskomnadzor drew up , the reason for this was an article where the journalist talks about a medical experiment on the treatment of alcohol addiction using another psychotropic substance - ketamine . The description of the experiment, which has been known since the 1980s, was also published by other publications, but Roskomnadzor became interested in Sushkov's text.
- The Supreme Court in January 2020 upheld an order to block articles about drug users. the operation of a website in April In particular, under the influence of such legal practice, the Fund for Helping Drug Addicts suspended that published medical and legal information relevant to drug users.
- The Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow in September 2019 considered that the article “Bad money. Marijuana lifts the economy of Europe. It will help advance technology and bring in billions" contains "a description of the methods and benefits of cultivating the narcotic cannabis plant."
- In December 2018, the Ministry of Internal Affairs decided to block the samizdat article “My friend, you are a transformer” under the title “Heroin is the property of the model.” In the article, samizdat talked about Anna Glazova (Teo), who has been using heroin for 10 years. The Ministry decided that the material was "aimed at creating a positive image of people who use drugs".