title: Georgia: anti-drug law violates human rights.
abstract: At a time when the Georgian government should be protecting the human rights of people who use drugs, Parliament enacted a law that specifically aims to increase stigma against drug users by imposing a range of administrative sanctions against them, Nina Kiknadze and David Otiashvili write.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kiknadze
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Otiashvili
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D005846:Georgia (Republic); D006077:Government Agencies; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*