Open AccessTHE PROBLEMS IN LEGAL ASSESSMENT AND EXPERT STUDY OF EDIBLE POPPY
Author(s) -
Igor M. Komarov
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
teorìâ ta praktika sudovoï ekspertizi ì krimìnalìstiki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-5171
pISSN - 1993-0917
DOI - 10.32353/khrife.2015.04
Subject(s) - poppy , opium poppy , legislation , papaver , narcotic , object (grammar) , law , order (exchange) , political science , microbiology and biotechnology , business , opium , psychology , computer science , biology , artificial intelligence , botany , finance , psychiatry
The article analyzes legal sources regulating the legal status of edible poppy, which is often used as an object for trespasses involving illegal trafficking of narcotic substances. It deals with specific issues of importance for correct application of the criminal law with regard to prosecuting criminals, including the issues of an expert study of edible poppy in order to identify the features warranting it as an object of trespassing. The article suggests unifying all the notions related to the genus Papaver (somniferum, opium, etc) that can be used in forensic and investigation practice. The author believes that the contents of the Russian standards containing all the requirements to the edible poppy seeds (including imports) must be brought into conformity with the international and Russian legislation, while methodological recommendations regarding the study of edible poppy seeds in forensic examinations should be unified and meet the law in force (that should be unified as well).