PM on drug policy: It is a shame that we have the Soviet-era laws

Our main goal should be to raise a healthy generation and not to encourage drugs. Therefore, we must find a middle ground, - the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, said at the plenary session, answering the question asked by the leader of "Girchi", Iago Khvichia about drug policy.

The Prime Minister offered Iago Khvichia to discuss drug policy initiatives together.

"As for drug policy, it is a shame that we have the Soviet-era laws. Rati Bregadze's initiative is that in the coming years, until 2024, no law should be from the Soviet era, it will be replaced by modern laws and will be in harmonization with EU legislation. With regard to drug policy, a number of steps have been taken towards liberalization. We are ready to hear concrete initiatives from you and discuss them in Parliament. The government also expresses its readiness to engage in this discussion. A kind of balancing should be applied here so that we do not encourage hard drugs, since it concerns the younger generation, the children, the next generation. Our main goal should be to raise a healthy generation and not to encourage drugs. Therefore, we have to find a middle ground", - Gharibashvili said.