Following legalization of marijuana consumption, Government of Georgia has decided to legalize medical marijuana production and exports and reaping economic benefits. Government of Georgia has already discussed the bill for cannabis cultivation and exports. At the Government meeting Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze noted that government aims to neutralize marijuana-related risks. …
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Government of Georgia Plans to Launch Marijuana Production for Exports Purposes
Government of Georgia has prepared a bill to legalize marijuana production in Georgia for exports purposes. At the September 10 meeting of Georgian Dream party the Interior Ministry officials introduced the working variant of the bill calling for marijuana production for exports purposes. Under the bill, marijuana production will be …
Read More »Philip Morris has Never Been involved in Any Policy Discussions Around Consumption of Marijuana in Georgia
On 30 July 2018 the Constitutional Court of Georgia declared unconstitutional the administrative responsibility for private use of marijuana. Mr.Bakhturidze responded to the ruling with a statement implying that Philip Morris in Georgia has been involved in “lobbying of “marijuana legalization in Georgia”. This statement is wrong. Philip Morris has …
Read More »NDI: 74 % of Respondents do not Support Legalization of Marijuana
According to the survey of the United States National-Democratic Institute (NDI), 74% of respondents are against legalization of marijuana in Georgia. The survey was fielded between June 23 and July 8 and 2 409 respondents were interviewed in all. It has a margin of error plus, minus 1.9% The research …
Read More »Consuming Marijuana Officially Legalized in Georgia
The Constitutional Court of Georgia has released a statement on the decision made today regarding the use of marijuana, effectively abolishing administrative punishment for the use of the drug. “According to the applicants (Zurab Japaridze and Vakhtang Megrelishvili), the consumption of marijuana is not an act of social threat. In …
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