Girchi distinguished itself with its activism, both popular and legal, to promote libertarian principles. In July 2018, Zurab Japaridze and fellow Girchi official Vakhtang Megrelishvili filed a lawsuit against Article 45 of the Administrative Code which made cannabis possession and consumption a criminal offense, arguing its incompatibility with the Georgian Constitution's 16th Article. The lawsuit led to the Constitutional Court declaring unconstitutional all sanctions for the use and possession of recreational cannabis, effectively making Georgia the first post-Soviet republic to legalize marijuana, a result that was largely criticized by the government and the Georgian Orthodox Church. In November 2018, a group of Girchi activists made headlines by pulling down their pants in front of Russian military forces stationed in South Ossetia, which led to the criticism of the State Security Service's director Grigol Liluashvili, who said of the activists that "none of them have served in the army, for a Georgian man would not have pulled his pants down and shown his backside to the enemy."
