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Home-made drug use reduced by 90% in Georgia

March 23, 2015 by DFWatch staff

Home-made drug use has gone down, while more drugs that used to be available over the counter now require a prescription. — (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The use of home-made drugs and import of new psychotropic substances has decreased by over 90 percent since 2013, according to the latest annual report by the US State Department.

The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2015

Georgia tightens regulation of prescription drugs

August 14, 2014 by DFWatch staff

prescription_drugs_Crop — (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In an extremely controversial move, Georgia’s Ministry of Health is tightening the regulation of prescription drugs.

Seen as a step away of the former government’s deregulation stance, the initiative by the Ministry of Labor, Health