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Constitutional Court of Georgia
declared unconstitutional
the imprisonment for illegal
sowing, growing and
cultivation of weed up to
266 gr. The judgment
(#№1/9/701,722,725) has been
delivered on July 14, 2017
in Batumi, Georgia.
The case has been lodged to the
Constitutional Court in
December 2015 and February
2016 by citizens of Georgia
Jambul Gvianidze, Davit
Khomeriki and Lasha
Gagishvili v. Parliament of
Georgia. The applicants had
been incriminated for
different amounts of weed,
up to 266 gr. The weed in
the amount of 266 gr is the
largest one and for the
largest amount of narcotics
plants’ (among them weed)
sowing, growing or
cultivation, Article 265 of
the Criminal Code of Georgia
provided imprisonment for a
term of six to twelve
years.
Yet one more judgment about Marijuana
but now for sowing, growing
or cultivation is still
based on and is a violation
of Article 17, section 2 of
the
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