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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.
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 ...
In Europe as of 2007, Sweden spends the second highest percentage of GDP, after the Netherlands, on drug control. [12] The UNODC argues that when Sweden reduced spending on education and rehabilitation in the 1990s in a context of higher youth unemployment and declining GDP growth, illicit drug use rose [13] but restoring expenditure from 2002 again sharply decreased drug use as student ...
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 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 ...
As a result of this ruling, many drugs in Ireland immediately became legal, including ecstasy, ketamine, and crystal meth. The situation lasted 24 hours before emergency legislation closing the loophole could take effect. [5] In 2016, this decision was overturned again by the Irish Supreme Court in Bederev v Ireland.
In 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022, voters approved a raft of drug policy reforms. They included legalization of recreational marijuana in 11 states, authorization of medical use in eight ...
Drug decriminalization in Oregon came about as the result of a ballot measure, known as Measure 110, that received nearly 60% support from voters in 2020. ... But public opinion quickly began to ...