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Illicit drug use in the Republic of 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 ...
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.
Variations of drug liberalization include drug legalization, drug relegalization, and drug decriminalization. [1] Proponents of drug liberalization may favor a regulatory regime for the production, marketing, and distribution of some or all currently illegal drugs in a manner analogous to that for alcohol , caffeine and tobacco .
The country’s statistics office, the CSO, announced Ireland exported €72.6 billion ($76 billion) worth of goods to the U.S. in 2024, a mammoth 34% increase on the year before.
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 drugs were found on a Panamanian-registered vessel in a major joint agency operation off the south-east coast of Ireland. Cocaine haul worth 157 million euro is biggest drug seizure in Ireland ...
Ireland: Misuse of Drugs Act (Ireland) [58] [59] South Africa: Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act 1992; Singapore: Misuse of Drugs Act (Singapore) Sweden: Lag om kontroll av narkotika (SFS 1992:860) Thailand: Psychotropic Substances Act (Thailand) and Narcotics Act; United Kingdom: Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 [44] and Drugs Act 2005 [60]
The state dropped criminal penalties for possession of all illegal drugs, but a spike in overdose deaths inspired lawmakers to abandon the policy. Oregon's drug decriminalization experiment is ending.