Georgia eases draconian law on cannabis use

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?Facebook Twitter Pinterest Zurad Japaridze interviewed by reporters after the police operation at his party?s offices. Until recently, anyone caught with cannabis twice in 12 months in Georgia faced up to 14 years behind bars. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Police take away cannabis plants from Girchi?s offices during a drugs bust. Photograph: Nelson GeorgeDespite the court ruling Girchi still faces stiff opposition, not only from the ruling centre-left Georgian Dream coalition, which vehemently contests liberal ideas, but also the Orthodox church. Photograph: Nelson GeorgeJaparidze argues that smoking cannabis is not only a human right, it?s also an answer to his homeland?s financial woes ? in the final quarter of 2016 the economy grew by just 2.3%.