Tbilisi. CSOs address the President of Georgia, the Prime Minister, the Parliament and the Government to make amendments to the drug legislation. The statement released by them states that it is necessary to improve the existing legislation in Georgia in order to create the favorable legislative environment for implementing the programs on treatment of drug addicts, their psycho-social rehabilitation and harm reduction. Criminal liability for using the drugs must be abolished, the line of responsibility of users and sellers before the law must be delimited, and the sources of treatment and rehabilitation of drug users must be determined. According to the information released by the organizations, more people end up in jail in Georgia on an annual basis due to drug use than in the medical institutions. The appeal is signed by up to 40 civil society organizations.

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