Article 224. The manufacture or sale of poisonous or narcotic substances
The manufacture or sale, and in like manner the storage or acquisition for purposes of sale, of strong, poisonous, or narcotic substances without special authorization, or violation of established regulations governing the production, storage, issue, accountability, transportation, and shipment of strong, poisonous, or narcotic substances—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed one year, or by corrective labor for the same period, or by a fine not to exceed 1,000 rubles.
The same acts, when committed regularly and repeatedly—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed five years.
Article 225. Unauthorized planting of opium poppy or marijuana
The planting of opium poppy or marijuana without due authorization—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed two years, or by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year, with mandatory confiscation of the crops planted.
Article 226. Maintaining dens of debauchery, and procuring
Maintaining dens of debauchery, procuring for venal purposes, and in like manner maintaining dens for the use of narcotics, and maintaining gambling dens—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed five years, with or without banishment, and with or without confiscation of property, or by exile for the same period, with or without confiscation of property.
Article 227. The organization of a group causing damage to the health of citizens
The organization of a group whose activity, carried on under the pretext of propagating religious doctrines, is accompanied by damage to the health of citizens, or by sexual debauchery, and in like manner the direction of such a group, or inducing the participation of minor therein—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed five years, with or without exile, and with or without confiscation of property.
