Abstract
This article analyzes the current situation in the field of qualification of criminal offenses regarding the illegal circulation and storage of narcotic substances. The author examined the methodology for qualifying individual elements of criminal offenses, statistical data on these elements, as well as measures taken by the state, including in order to combat illegal possession of narcotic substances. Within the framework of the article, characteristic problems and errors that arise during the qualification of the compositions under consideration were identified. The author studied foreign experience, in particular, the experience of the Russian Federation, in the issue under study and identified the most applicable methods in the domestic legal system. The main prerequisites that create conditions for the spread of illicit trafficking in narcotic substances are identified and the main problems are identified, the fight against which is seen as a priority. The author in the article puts forward a number of proposals for solving the problem under consideration, including changing the methodology for maintaining the register of narcotic substances.