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By Jamila Babayeva

The Georgian government together with the civil society has started working on the drug legislation reform.

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili made the remark while meeting with the delegation of the Global Commission on Drug Policy on April 23.

He highlighted that the effective anti-drug approach is the priority of the government, the prime minister's press service reported.

"The significant steps have already been taken in terms of availability of the treatment of the infectious diseases. In particular, the government has developed a program to curb Hepatitis C, providing universal access in prison system and decreased price by 60 percent for public sector," he said.

Garibashvili noted that the goal of the government is strengthening the treatment, rehabilitation and harm-reduction programs and upgrading the regulations to the modern requirements.

The members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy delegation were ex-president of Switzerland Ruth Dreifuss, former President of Global Fund and the Special Representative of United Nations Michel Kazatchkine, former U.S. Seattle Police Officer Jim Kugel and one of the directors of Open Society Institute Daniel Wolfe.

"We welcome and give a positive evaluation to the reforms in the direction of drug policy in Georgia. We spoke with the prime minister that the mentioned reforms are focused on the health of each citizen and the entire society," said Special Representative of the United Nations Michel Kazatchkine after the meeting.