Liudmyla Nikolenko
Department of Economic Law Research on Economic Security Issues, State Organization “V. Mamutov Institute of Economic and Legal Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, Kyiv, UkrainePublications
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Research Article
Administrative and Legal Support of Food Security under the Restrictive Regime for Cultivating Narcotic-Containing Plants: From Prohibition to Incentivising Economic and Investment Activity
Author(s): Pavlo Liutikov*, Liudmyla Nikolenko, Yaroslav Sydorov, Maksym Korniienko and Vladyslav Lipynskyi
Aim: The article examines the administrative and legal regime for cultivating narcotic-containing plants in Ukraine as an instrument that simultaneously serves two public interests: Countering the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and ensuring food security. It is substantiated that this regime has been constructed one-sidedly: The prohibitive, licensing and control components are regulated in detail at the level of a law and are reinforced by administrative liability, while nothing on the other side of the balance encourages business entities to invest in or to expand such activity. As a result, the food potential of plants that fall within the schedules (oil poppy, hemp for industrial purposes) remains unrealised, while the vacated niche is filled by the illicit sector. Methods: The study applies the formal-legal method (doctrinal anal.. Read More»
DOI: 10.4303/JDAR/236521