Pavlo Liutikov
Department of Law and Public Administration, Zaporizhzhia Institute of Economics and Information Technologies, Zaporizhzhia, 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