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Ley de Reforma y Adiciones a la Ley No. 177, Ley de Estupefacientes, Sicotrópicos y Sustancias Controladas - Ley No. 285 (Act on the Amendments and Additions to Act No. 177. Act on Narcotics, Psychotropic Substances and Other Controlled Substances - Act No. 285)

Republic of Nicaragua National Assembly of Nicaragua Country Resources Substance Abuse Legislation Nicaragua 16 April 1999 Legislation/regulation

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La ley Número 285 es la ley que reforma y adiciona la ley número 177, ley de estupefacientes, sicotrópicos y sustancias controladas. Fue aprobada en 1999, y contiene 98 artículos.

Regula lo siguiente: la prevención, tratamiento, rehabilitación, control, supervisión, investigación, persecución de cualquier actividad relacionada con el cultivo, la producción, la fabricación, el uso, la posesión, el transporte, el tráfico y toda forma de comercialización de los medicamentos, psicotrópicos, precursores y otros productos químicos y sustancias inhalables susceptibles de producir dependencia física o psicológica.


The act number 285 is the act on the amendments and additions to Act No. 177, the act on narcotics, psychotropic substances and other controlled substances. It was passed in 1999 and it contains 98 articles.

This law regulates the following: prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, control, supervision, investigation, prosecution of any activity relating to the cultivation, production, manufacture, use, possession, transportation, traffic and all form of commercialization of drugs, psychotropics, precursors and other chemicals and inhalants likely to produce physical or psychological dependence.

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