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Tightening 🇬🇪 Georgia

Georgia lengthens sentences and makes refusing a drug test a crime

Three months before it brought back prison for cannabis possession, the governing Georgian Dream party amended the drug laws to add longer prison terms and higher fines, criminal liability for refusing a drug test and mandatory treatment for users.[1]

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References

  1. OC Media — Georgia to introduce 6-year prison sentence for possession of over 5 grams of marijuanaarchived

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