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# drug policy

This year
2024
Taoiseach expects Oireachtas committee on drug use to be up and running no later than April
13 Feb
7.4k
31
Last year
2023
'There is no time to waste': What happens next after the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use?
23 Oct 2023
11.1k
73
Citizens' Assembly votes for health-led approach to drug use rather than legalisation
21 Oct 2023
23.9k
114
Opinion: The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to effect change
McGovern, Ó Concubhair & Marder
17 Oct 2023
7.6k
48
Tales from New York: 'We should learn from the drug treatment approach here'
Tony Duffin
20 Aug 2023
12.1k
62
'Sustained increase' in overdose deaths in recent years, Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use hears
24 Jun 2023
8.2k
39
Addiction experts, campaigners concerned over 'transparency' of new Citizens' Assembly
14 Apr 2023
24.6k
Citizens' Assembly will examine State response to illegal drugs and report back by end of year
14 Feb 2023
19.6k
24
Opinion: Enough talk - we need to decriminalise the possession of drugs for personal use
Dr Ian Marder
3 Feb 2023
10.2k
29
All time
'No view' on cannabis legalisation, says Varadkar as Citizens' Assembly on drugs expected in 2023
25 Dec 2022
19.1k
25
Legalisation and regulation of drugs like cannabis should be examined by Govt, TDs say
Updated 14 Dec 2022
20.9k
40
Stigma around drug use preventing people from coming forward to access key supports
9 Dec 2022
7.0k
12
Gino Kenny: It's time to decriminalise the possession of cannabis for personal use
Gino Kenny
24 Nov 2022
19.8k
57
Lynn Ruane: A mature society accepts that drug use is normal and does not punish addiction
Lynn Ruane
20 Feb 2022
30.4k
122
Lynn Ruane: Global drug laws can be traced back to a small group of conserative American men
Lynn Ruane
6 Feb 2022
33.8k
49
Nursing group invited to meet with Minister following its removal from national drug committee
14 Jan 2022
18.3k
8
Simon Harris: Injecting centres do not legitimise drug use - if we're serious about tackling addiction we must establish one
Simon Harris TD
18 Nov 2019
12.6k
52
Lynn Ruane: Harm reduction should always come first with criminal drug policy
Lynn Ruane
9 Nov 2019
14.6k
39
Ex-Assistant Commissioner on drug debate: 'Our young people are criminalised, deprived of life chances'
13 Jun 2018
16.3k
28
'Why would you continue to perpetuate something that is wrong?': New mural challenges Ireland's drug laws
11 Jun 2017
23.1k
21
FactCheck: Do supervised injection centres reduce drug-related deaths?
20 Feb 2017
13.5k
21
FactCheck: Do supervised injection centres reduce drug-related crime?
19 Feb 2017
24.6k
49
FactCheck: How many detox beds are there in Ireland?
18 Feb 2017
13.6k
21
U-47700 death: 'As we pretend that policing drugs deters users, we can expect more harm, more deaths'
Dr Garrett McGovern
24 Jan 2017
548
26
It's planned the first supervised injecting facility will open in 2017. So how did we get here?
Tony Duffin
24 Dec 2016
283
35
Vogue Williams will NOT be taking hallucinogenic drugs as part of RTÉ show
22 Aug 2016
29.7k
52
Criminalising possession doesn't discourage use - we need real solutions
Tony Duffin
8 Mar 2016
304
43
Carrying drugs for personal use is illegal. But politicians are looking at changing that
4 Jul 2015
15.5k
61
Regular marijuana use is "bad for teens' brains"
20 Aug 2014
9.6k
79
Opinion: The 'War on Drugs' has failed – let's finally implement policies that make sense
Tony Duffin
1 Jun 2014
450
120
Column: The war on drugs isn't working. We need to medicalise heroin.
John Crown
26 Feb 2012
193
71