Polish Antidrug Statute amended .

According to the Ministry of Justice, which was started the bill, the main purpose of the amendment is to effectively combat drug-related crime. It is mend to combat drug dealers instead of sentencing of drug addicts who have for their own use a small amount of drugs. In accordance with Article. 62a - introduced in the novel - in certain circumstances, a prosecutor before issuing the order to initiate an investigation, will be able to refrain from prosecution for possession of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances. It is a case where the person has a "negligible" amounts of drugs for personal use and is not a dealer. According to the amendment, the prosecutor will be able to stay the proceedings against such a person, if that person does not threaten punishment more than five years in prison. The legislation raised the maximum possible penalty for placing a large number of drugs from 10 to 12 years in prison. However, for possession of large quantities of drugs would threaten up to 10 years in prison, while today it threatens to eight years.