Spring: a bill to ban the promotion of drugs does not apply to drugs – BBC

The bill to ban the promotion of drugs does not apply to physician-patient relationship, it aims to promote the criminalization of drug use on the Internet. It is reported by «Interfax» referring to the chairman of the Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption Irina Spring.

«If we turn to the source – to the bill, it does not affect the relationship between a doctor with the patient, it is directed exclusively at criminalizing drug propaganda only on the Internet “- said Spring.

Spring stressed that the amendments to the law states that they do not apply to allowed narcotic drugs.

Previously, the newspaper «Kommersant» has led a number of expert opinions about the bill Summer, which expressed concern that the amendment “is actually prohibit medical and charitable organizations to discuss issues with patients use of painkillers ».