The Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional imprisonment for consumtion and purchase of small amount of marijuana . Accordingly, it recognized abolished the existing norms.

The information was released by the Constitutional Court.

These provisions were challenged in the Constitutional Court by the Ombudsman.

According to the Public Defender’s Office, the Constitutional Court has declared the normative content of the norms disputed by the Public Defender as void and unconstitutional. In particular, the Public Defender demands declaration of prison sanctions envisaged in Article 273 of the Criminal Code of Georgia and Article 45 of the Code of Administrative Offenses as unconstitutional in relation to paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 17 of the Constitution of Georgia.

“Use of small amount of drugs, as well as purchase, retention and production of drugs for personal usage, is punished by deprivation of liberty, which according to the Public Defender, is irrelevant, too strict and degrading punishment.
The Constitutional Court accepted for consideration the claim on the content of the disputed norms, according to which, the use of a small amount of other drugs, as well as their purchase, retention and production for personal usage”, says the Public Defender’s Office.