US EditionThe Import of Psychotropic Medications by Private Companies Will Be Completely Banned, and the Import and Sale of Medications Subject to Special Control Will Be the Sole Prerogative of the State - Irakli Kobakhidze
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Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze held a briefing. He spoke about 2 initiatives related to the fight against drug addiction. According to him, a decision was made to completely ban the implementation of substitution therapy programs by private entities. “There is a well-founded assumption in society that the services provided by private companies, in many cases, are not aimed at curing the patient, but at legally supplying him with narcotic drugs…
Even a superficial analysis shows that today in Georgia the consumption of psychotropic medications, especially benzodiazepines, significantly exceeds reasonable rates, which reinforces the public’s well-founded suspicion that the use of these medications for narcotic purposes is a widespread practice in Georgia, – the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, stated at today’s briefing. According to the Head of Government, in order to preve…
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