Chepurko A. Criminal-legal counteraction against the illegal drug use (Art. 315, 316, 317 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)

The paper is a complex and systematized study of criminal-legal issues related to the illegal use of drugs, psychotropic substances and their analogues. It discloses the legal base, notions and essence of illegal drug use, psychotropic substances and their analogues. It analyzes historical and foreign experience of criminal liability for illegal drug use, psychotropic substances and their analogues. It also contains criminal-legal characteristics of crimes stipulated by Art. 315, 316, 317 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The thesis particularizes the content of some concepts which are essential for the science of criminal law aimed at the improvement of the acting Criminal Code of Ukraine.