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OBJECTIVE: The aim: Is to review the current state of Ukraine's drug policy development, primarily on criminal justice response to crimes committed by a person under the influence of drug addiction, to evaluate its compliance with international standards and best foreign practices. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: The study is based on the analysis of international documents, drug control strategies, sociological research in this area. The article is grounded on dialectical, systemic, and structural, comparative legal methods, methods of analysis, and synthesis. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: The search for effective measures to tackle drug-related crimes remains an integral part of drug policy both in Ukraine and abroad. Programs for the prevention, medical and psychological rehabilitation of addicts need a scientific basis. The current situation, in which criminal justice does not consider the specifics of persons who have committed criminal offenses due to mental disorders connected with the use of psychoactive substances, is not effective in terms of recidivism prevention and ensuring public safety.
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Mental Disorders , Pharmaceutical Preparations , Criminal Law , Humans , Policy , UkraineABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to explore the ways of euthanasia regulation and to propose the most effective one. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: The authors of the article used the methods of analysis and synthesis, a comparative legal method. The scientific literature is evaluated and analyzed along with the experience of European countries, data of Ukrainian and international organizations and the results of scientific researches. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: the understanding of euthanasia should be reviewed in terms of the possibility in exceptional cases of its executing for terminally ill person. This is an inherent human right. However, it is established that the right to dispose of his life belongs exclusively to the bearer of this right and it cannot be delegated.
