Items tagged with ireland
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Decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use considered [18.04.2017] | The decriminalisation of all drugs, including heroin, cocaine and cannabis, for personal use is one of the policy options outlined in the forthcoming... |
Plan to open injection facility in Dublin for drug users [07.02.2017] | The Government will discuss legislation which would exempt drug users from prosecution if found with certain illegal drugs in a supervised injection ... |
Government approves pilot scheme for drug injection facility in Dublin [14.12.2015] | The cabinet has approved a pilot scheme for a medically supervised drug injection facility in Dublin. The facility was proposed by Aodhán Ó Ríordáin,... |
Heroin addiction: How to smack it down [06.11.2015] | Ireland would establish " medically supervised injecting facilities" where heroin addicts can take their drugs, using clean equipment, under doctors’... |
Public to have say on legality of drugs [03.07.2015] | The Irish public is being invited to have a say in what is thought to be the country’s first official examination of the decriminalisation of drugs f... |
Minister wants to see supervised 'injection centres' for addicts [07.05.2015] | Drugs Minister Aodhan O'Riordain from Ireland has said he wants to see legislation introducing injection centres for addicts before the next election... |
The judge who allowed ecstasy and ketamine to be legalised explains why he did it [09.03.2015] | Judge Gerard Hogan made an unexpected decision to allow for the possession of some drugs in a ruling on an appeal with the backing of two of his judi... |
Flanagan backs sale of cannabis [23.10.2013] | Irish independent MP Luke Flanagan, who has published a Bill to regulate cannabis and allow its sale for medicinal and recreational use, claimed it c... |
Decriminalise heroin and cocaine says Belfast drugs worker [14.02.2013] | One of Northern Ireland's most senior drugs workers has said that class A drugs like heroin should be decriminalised, regulated and made available on... |
Minister considers Portuguese drugs strategy [04.11.2011] | Junior Health Minister Roisin Shortall, who is in charge of Ireland’s drugs strategy, said she had an "open mind" in relation to Portugal’s model. Sh... |
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