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On March 26, 2018, Tbilisi
City Court Judge Tamar
Chuniashvili delivered a
landmark judgment on
allowing an official
registration of Georgian
Network of People Who Use
Drugs for Human Drug Policy
for Human Drug Policy (GeNPUD).
The lawsuit was prepared on
behalf of GeNPUD with the
legal support provided by
lawyer Levan Jorbenadze,
after the LEPL National
Agency of Public Registry's
decision GeNPUD was rejected
for official state
registration. The
registration rejection was
based only on the name
"problem" because in the
opinion of public registry
the name of GeNPUD seemed to
be an attempt “to put the
illegal activities in legal
framework", which was
unfounded and violated our
community’s fundamental
rights guaranteed by the
Constitution and the
European Convention. |
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Law Kills! |
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Many hundreds of people
gathered around the
organizers’ preinstalled
gallows in front of
parliament in Tbilisi,
demanding, and once again
with concrete arguments,
cases and emotions shouting
on the government to keep
the promises for drug policy
change they’ve made before
the elections.
The rally organizers
demonstrated a gallows as a
symbol to reflect the
reality of Georgian drug
policy, which has already
during the several decades
been a negatively
distinguished as inhuman,
uncivilized and human
killing drug policy. The
very drug policy in this
country which causes
poverty, breaches the
fundamental rights, among
them right to life and right
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Imprisonment for Use of Marijuana is
Unconstitutional |
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As it seems from the recent
developments in the drug
policy of Georgia, this
country is not far from full
decriminalization of
marijuana and all the other drugs,
which finally will end the
many decades of the zero
tolerance/harshest drug
policy in this country, but
what is the most important
Georgia already moves
towards the
decriminalization not by
political way of changing
the drug policy but in a
litigation way. Thus in this
juncture there is the
strongest and stable legal
background not to ever go
back what it was like, the
very background which has
been created by
Constitutional Court and
then through references of
the Supreme Court of
Georgia. The Constitutional
Court judgments are final
and not subject to appeal.
Now on September 29, 2016
the Constitutional Court of
Georgia declares
unconstitutional the
imprisonment for use of
marijuana. The Court passed
judgment after the Supreme
Court's a |
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Drug Use in Georgia |
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Drug Policy Legislative Review
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The review of Georgian drug policy
gives us in fact an
opportunity to realize that
cruel approach chosen by
legislature. Also it enables
all interested persons to
see clearly about the
necessity of those
legislative amendments which
first of all are in the
interest of the society and
thus that of democratically
developing state.
The review is not general but rather
deals with those detailed
amendments that have a
critical importance to
change one of the harshest
drug policies in the region.
Based on the complexity of
the topic there is no
attempt the review to
include every issue of
concern but to take into
account those necessary
needs which have the
most importance in every
democratic society to make a
reduction of those harms
caused by illegal and
problematic use of drugs. |
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First
Marijuana
Rally in
Tbilisi |
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The rally participant gathered on Rustaveli
Av.
in
front
of
former
parliament
building
demanding
for
decriminalization
of
marijuana.
The
organizers
of
rally
with
the
facebook
page called “We Demand
Marijuana Legalization” but
for now demanding
decriminalization with quite
carefully
formed demands in three
points: 1. our goal is to
protect personal liberty and
not to popularize marijuana;
2. maybe the use of
marijuana not preferred but
in the 21st
century a
state
prosecution
of users
unacceptable
for a
civilized
world. 3. we
think that
there should
be a
categorization
of drugs –
marijuana
should be
separated
from those
drugs which
are subject
to criminal
prosecution
and to be
decriminalized
the use of
this drug.
The
administrative
fine with a
reasonable
amount
should be
imposed only
for using
marijuana in
the public
places. |
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The Methadone Substitutive
Treatment Center
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Information About Methadone
Substitution
Treatment Program in Georgia
The Methadone
Substitutive Treatment Center at the
State Narcological Science-Research
Institute on Addiction provides
free-of-charge methadone substitution
treatment to
opioid-dependent drug users. To
be eligible, a patient
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Should be 25
years or older;
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Should have used
opioid
drugs for at least 3 years;
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