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The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, [1] the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984, Misuse of Drugs Act 2015 [2] and the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 [3] are the acts of the Oireachtas regulating drugs in Ireland. The acts define the penalties for unlawful production, possession and supply of drugs.
Possession of cocaine is explicitly named as an illegal substance under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. The possession 10 grams or more of cocaine or cocaine hydrochloride is punishable by up to life imprisonment. [28] Peru: Legal (up to 2 grams of cocaine or 5 grams of cocaine-freebase) Illegal: Illegal: Legal (Coca Plants)
The use of crack cocaine increased by 594% in Ireland between 2017 and 2023. ... BBC News NI Dublin reporter. November 1, 2024 at 11:40 PM ... The Today Show.
A total of 2,253 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine with a street value of 157 million euro has been seized from a cargo vessel off the south-east coast of Ireland. ... In Other News. Entertainment.
The haul of drugs, suspected to be cocaine with an estimated street value of £10 million, was seized by police on routine patrol in the Jonesborough area of south Co Armagh on Monday.
Legal cocaine quantities did not decrease until the Jones–Miller Act of 1922 put serious restrictions on cocaine manufactures. [ 215 ] Before the early 1900s, the primary problem caused by cocaine use was portrayed by newspapers to be addiction, not violence or crime, and the cocaine user was represented as an upper or middle class White person.
In February 2023, a raid on a business in the Long Mile Road area of Dublin led to the seizure of equipment, the arrest of eight people and 40 kg of cocaine. [53] [54] Over 2,000 containers of nitric oxide were seized, as well as €78,000 in cash, a hydraulic drugs press, communications devices, mixing agent and a money counter.
One of the UK's most-wanted men who spent four years on the run has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine. Calvin Parris, 34, of Y Rhodfa, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, was captured in ...