SUMMARY OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM “SIGNIFICANT NUMBER” UNDER THE ACT ON COUNTERACTING DRUG ADDICTION Cover Image

PODSUMOWANIE PROBLEMÓW ZWIĄZANYCH Z WYKŁADNIĄ ZNAMIENIA „ZNACZNEJ ILOŚCI” NA GRUNCIE USTAWY O PRZECIWDZIAŁANIU NARKOMANII
SUMMARY OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM “SIGNIFICANT NUMBER” UNDER THE ACT ON COUNTERACTING DRUG ADDICTION

Author(s): Bartłomiej Rasała
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Substance abuse and addiction
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction; significant number; analysis of case law and doctrine;

Summary/Abstract: The text attempts to establish if existing case-law and opinions expressed in the legal literature allow to determine conclusive method of interpretation of the term “significant number” under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction. For that purpose, different opinions were analyse, compered and evaluate in accordance with textual, schematic and teleological interpretation. The article indicates that currently there is only one dominant model of interpretation of the term “significant number” and there are no legal basis to increase limit values based on quality and quantity of prohibited substances or take account of other criteria.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 130-145
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish