Вивчення міждисциплінарних зв’язків кримінально-правових та судово-фармацевтичних норм у системі обігу лікарських засобів

Problem setting. The low level of road safety remains in recent years in Ukraine in comparison with the countries of the European Union. From road traffic accidents there are significant human, social and economic losses ($4.5 billion per year), widespread of injuries and disabilities among population and a decline in labor productivity, which requires an increase of emergency medical and pharmaceutical costs.Recent research and publications analysis. To the research of the problem concerning the prevention, detection and combating of crimes committed by persons under the influence of psychoactive substances, investigation of criminal cases with the use of forensic methods, protection of the constitutional rights of citizens devoted the publications of Borisov V.Y., Hetman A.P., Golin V.V., Zhuravel V.A., Konovalova V.O., Tatsiy V.Y., Shepitko V.Y., who suggested conducting multidisciplinary study of the mentioned problem. To the questions of medical treatment and pharmaceutical provision to various categories of citizens devoted the publications of Volokh D.S., Efremova A.A., Linsky I.V., Maruta N.O., Marchenko V.G., Minko O.I., Ponomarenko M.S., Sosin I.K., Tikhonov O.I., Tolochko V.M., Khvisyuk O.M., Chernykh V.P., however, there were no multidisciplinary studies concerning forensic and pharmaceutical, forensic and medical, forensic and narcological, forensic and criminal study of causes and conditions of road traffic accidents under the influence of psychoactive substances.Paper objective. The purpose of the work is to review of the situation in Ukraine as a result of road traffic accidents, which were committed under the influence of the psychoactive substances of various classification and legal groups.Paper main body. An analysis of UN and WHO data from 180 countries suggests that as of 2015, the total number of fatal cases due to road traffic accidents is 1.25 million per year and 50 million citizens are injured with varying degrees of severity. According to the forecasts by 2030, among the causes of all fatal cases, namely the death of a person as a result of road traffic accident, will be the seventh in the significance of the cause of death. It is important to note that the high rate of deaths (up to 90%) as a result of road traffic accidents observed in low-income countries. At the same time, experts point out that estimates of the cost of citizens suffering from injuries of various degrees (injuries, chronic illnesses, etc.) as a result of roa