Driving under the drugs is a criminal offense from today. The offense will be punished with imprisonment up to 1 year.Patrol police, in case of suspicion, have the right to stop the car and check the driver soberness with a special test on the spot.
Zura Japaridze, a member of the political council of "New Political Center - Girchy", says that neither he nor his team are going to obey the relevant police request.
According to him, the law allows the law enforcers to obtain biological material through physical force. According to Japaridze, the policeman will have the right to take the saliva sample by force from an unruly driver.
Japaridze says that the real purpose of the new law is something else.
"Simply the Ministry of Internal Affairs will have one more lever that to put in prison anyone they want, "- said Japaridze.
Non-governmental sector speaks about the shortcomings of strict legislation.
Davit Subeliani, a member of the "White Noise Movement", says that the new law is discriminatory and contains torture elements.