18 May 2024,   11:30
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Lasha Bakhutashvili, who was convicted for drug use, won dispute with Parlament in Constitutional Court

The 6-month dispute of Lasha Bakhutashvili against the Parliament of Georgia.ended with his victory The Constitutional Court ruled thatthe purchase of 9,400 grams of dezomorphine can not be the basis for detention. The imprisonmentis for this dose of dezomorphine was up to 8 years .

Lasha Bakhutashvili was detained in 2013 on charges of the purchase of dezo-morphine and was released with a five-year suspended sentence. After that, the dispute against the parliament started with the support of the "White Noise" movement in the Constitutional Court to change the law . The non-governmental organization working on drug policy liberalization state that the Court has confirmed once again that the drug policy in the country is to be changed.

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