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Illicit drug use in Ireland & Northern Ireland has been growing since the mid-1970s. [citation needed] The use by young people of psychedelic drugs, including LSD and cannabis, was recognized at that time. Opiate abuse was uncommon until the 1980s, following events in the opium production centres of Afghanistan and Iran. Government task forces ...
Irish drug traffickers (1 C, 16 P) Drugs in the Republic of Ireland (3 C, 4 P) P. Pharmaceutical companies of Ireland (12 P) Irish pharmacists (1 C, 3 P) S.
Drug-related deaths in the Republic of Ireland (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Drugs in the Republic of Ireland" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
An elite Irish army unit stormed a Panamanian cargo ship in a major operation on Tuesday. ... Suspected cocaine worth 157 million euro found in Ireland’s biggest drug seizure.
The biggest-ever drug seizure in the history of Ireland was intercepted off the coast of Cork in the southeast of the country on Tuesday, Irish police said.. Cocaine weighing 2,253 kg, worth an ...
Cannabis in Ireland is illegal for recreational purposes. Use for medical purposes requires case-by-case approval by the Minister for Health. [1] A bill to legalise medical uses of cannabis passed second reading in Dáil Éireann (lower house) in December 2016, [2] but was rejected by the Oireachtas Health Committee in 2017.
The acts define the penalties for unlawful production, possession and supply of drugs. In 2015 the 1977 act was declared unconstitutional, immediately legalizing many drugs in Ireland including ecstasy, ketamine, and crystal meth. The situation lasted 24 hours before emergency legislation closing the loophole could take effect. [4]
It is believed she was stabbed to death by heroin dealers after she did not pay up for drugs. Together with the death of Belinda Pereira (an English woman of Sri Lankan descent who worked as a prostitute in Dublin and was found beaten to death in her apartment), Kelly's death raised questions about the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act of 1993.