On 20 December 2023 MP Dastan Bekeshev asked the interior ministry to decriminalise the use of light drugs, saying police pressured young people to pay $100–200 or face a criminal record. Deputy interior minister Nurbek Abdiev replied that use itself is not a criminal offence but that fines remain and that society was not ready for the change. No bill followed.[1]
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References
- Kaktus.media — «Дастан Бекешев предлагает декриминализировать легкие наркотики. Объясняем, о чем идет речь» (20 декабря 2023)Bekeshev and deputy interior minister Abdiev at the Jogorku Kenesh; no bill.
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