To the question of estimating the ratio between public danger and the sanctions established for crimes in the sphere of illicit drug-trafficking, psychotropic substances and their analogues

The article reveals some questions about a ratio between the categories of «public danger of a crime» and «sanction» within the crimes connected with illegal drug-trafficking, psychotropic substances and their analogues. It is noted that fair punishment acts as one of the important implementers of a state policy in the sphere of fighting against crimes connected with drugs.