The propaganda of drugs and psychotropic drugs on the Internet must be ended. This is one of the assignments., given to the government by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and published on the Kremlin website, He stated Federal News Agency State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov. Appropriate amendments should be made to the Criminal Code, allowing the state to adequately punish those, who actively encourages people to use illegal substances, stressed the parliamentarian.
“For a very long time, the Internet disappeared from the general space of legal regulation, and some celebrities, especially liberal, loved to talk about, that drugs are not so bad, maybe, even good. Near-apple and near-bulk cores did the same., who wanted to legalize drugs, and in no way could they be caught by the tail of a rat", - said the deputy.
In his opinion, the new measure will put a tough barrier for those, who wants to drive into the minds of young people the thought, that drugs are normal. At the same time, it is important to distinguish propaganda itself from just mentioning it in a neutral or even negative way.. Contextual links can help with this., used by, in particular, at the mention of the "Islamic state"1 (It banned in Russia).
"I think, all reasonable lawyers, working for the media or publishing houses, should take care of this issue, to avoid possible charges, Milon said.. Because it will allow them to draw a clear line, that drugs are illegal. When we talk about ISIS, there is always a link, that this organization is banned in Russia, and everyone already has a negative attitude towards her at a subconscious level”.
Speaking of works of art, then it’s not enough just to put such a footnote - they should lack the positive aspects of drug use and present the negative ones in all their glory. Vitaly Milonov cited Russian classics as an example.
"Take, eg, work [Russian writer Michael] Bulgakov "Notes of a young doctor" - only a moron will come to mind, what is drug propaganda. Or the film "Morphine" on the same topic. The same goes for Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov, what they are talking about, what is pedophilia propaganda. conversely, this is her best counter-propaganda, which may be!» concluded the deputy.
Touched the Milons and the so-called "medical" marijuana, permitted in a number of Western countries. According to him, this is one of the most diabolical tricks of drug propagandists - to classify medicinal properties as a deadly poison. Information about this is strictly forbidden to pass into the Russian segment of the Internet., and this is where the new law on “sovereign Runet” can come in handy.
“Any information about this simply should not reach Russia.. Or reach, but in a negative context, - said the deputy. - Because the conditional Americans would very much like, for the population in our country to die from drugs. Their population, true, will also die out, but we shouldn't care about that - it's our own fault, that allowed liberal ideas to win, thanks to which they now legalize same-sex marriage and drugs. The viper stung them themselves, and now the Americans have turned on the countdown timer for the existence of their country".
Media classification should help in countering propaganda: the state should support nationally oriented publications and further restrict those, what do western liberal ideas stand for.
"It's necessary, because they won't give up drug propaganda. Why? Yes, because they themselves are all drug addicts. How can they talk bad about drugs, if they use them regularly?"- concluded Milonov.
MP expressed concern, that in connection with the legalization of marijuana, the world will soon receive a lot of works of art, in which drug use is exposed as a norm of life.
"If smoking (tobacco. - Note. FAN) has already fallen under a complete ban on the screens, then vices - drugs and so on - begin to get out of this ban. We already see, that in some American films it is shown as something ordinary. And soon some pro-Western politicians will begin to speak out in the key, what, breakwater, lesbians, marijuana smokers, - this is normal, what is the director's idea, that it is impossible because of this to ban the film from being shown in Russia. But that's how propaganda is done., they won’t stand with posters “Comrade, smoke marijuana and live forever!», they will have to act more subtly.”, - explained Milonov.
Methods of influencing the psyche are completely different, warned MP. Drug propaganda will be - and is already being - through authoritative communication sources: through actors, movies, video games. Milonov dwelled on the propaganda influence of video games.
“Not so long ago, I made a proposal to introduce a gradation in games, like that, which I proposed in relation to the media, and just a few days later this shooting game came out (Call of Duty: modern warfare. - Note. FAN), where Russian troops are depicted as the main enemies. Children will play this shooter and get anti-Russian beliefs at the toy level, concluded the deputy. - That is, at the exit, these are ready-made customers Navalny and listeners of "Echo of Moscow" are obtained ".
Recall, that the Russian Federation has Art.. 6.13 Code of Administrative Offenses on drug propaganda, responsibility for which occurs regardless of the method of dissemination of information. Punishment, intended for individuals, makes up 4 to 5 thousand, for officials - from 40 to 50 thousand, and for legal - from 800 thousand to one million rubles. In all cases, it also provides for “confiscation of advertising products and equipment, used to make it".
1 Organization banned in Russia.
Author: Vladimir Lermontov
