Aren’t Uruguay supposed to be legalizing Cannibas? Are there some countries where it is legal for medicinal purposes? Surely we could offload these hauls to them at a heavy discount and put the money back into either addiction services or the state coffers.

The money the state is missing out on here is ridiculous and I Dont even smoke the stuff.

The planning and set up of these operations is amazing, if these people put their minds to legal business, they’d make a real go of it. :-/

Another industry gone to pot.

Oh yea just like you can make your own beer and spirits too but you can easily obtain those drugs in any off -licence around the country and in supermarkets where the little kiddies can get there hands on there legal fat frogs and Bacardi Breezers but id like the option to freely grow my ( never killed anyone) drug, see my point????? Yea some shit should be illegal to grow but please do not compare heroin to marajuna, don’t go there

Eddie who said anyone supports the dealers???? What I have seen is people saying they wish to grow their own or it should be made available for medical purpose???? Where did you see someone write they condoned the violence that the gangs do???

Can we have a referendum on Cannabis legality.

it will be interesting when the ban in Amsterdam is enforced how quick they will backtrack when the tourism euros dry up,its worth millions to the economy,forget bord failtes crappy ads,legalise weed here and use the extra tourism cash to get this children’s hospital built,anything has got to be worth a try at this stage

in other news: a recent surge in the number of take aways has been reported near gardai stations involved the the recent drug seizures

it should ne made legal and taxed think of the revenue it’d make.

What a waste of time. Free the weed!

Wonder how much of this stuff goes “missing” on the way back to the station?

Now that amesterdam is closing its door to weed tourism,it could be an option for some city in Ireland to take the lead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxF4vE67g40&feature=youtube_gdata_player
this tune by the streets says it all about the difference between weed and gargle

i must go to amseterdam again after seeing that photo

When will they learn . Wasting resources on this while junkies walk the streets .

Christine, we love ya, and you do a fine job. Can you tell us (or ask the Gardai) how they arrive at that valuation? I don’t have a dog in this fight with regard to cannabis selling or seizure, but one wonders about the validity of Euro-amount figures versus gross weight. In the past some police agencies have been caught out grossly inflating the value of seized contraband. Banks often over-report bank robbery takes as well. You don’t have to think about it too hard to figure out why that is. :-)

People’s moods are altered in this country primarily by unstable blood sugar levels , largly due to the shit we( they ) eat .

Smoke that shit .

well done to the courageous gardai for showing such bravery. will sleep well tonight knowing them plants cant get me.

That’s so funny , do they really think they can stop nature? It’s a plant, one small seed, some soil, water, sunlight and bang, a marijuana plant, it’s that simple. And these fools waste their time and resources trying to stop it. In 10 years since I started smoking it I’ve never not been able to get weed, any time and anywhere and I’ve grown it too, It’s the same as any other plant, water, soil and sunlight. Is anyone else just waiting For the law and politicians to realise what the majority of people already know, there fighting a losing battle, they can close all the grow houses they want, there’s thousands more popping up each month,

Free the herb

So the bankrupt Irish State will confiscate the extremely valuable, versatile and relatively harmless (compared to diet pills say…) and burn/destroy it because…that’s the law…

Say, say, said I remember when we used to sit
In a government yard in Irishtown
Obba, obba, serving the hypocrites
As the would mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we’ve lost
Along the way
In this great future,
You can’t forget your past
So dry your tears, I say

No Gardaí no cry, no Gardaí no cry

My analysis of the situation indicates that cannabis cultivation and distribution is a demand-driven industry. Locating and decommissioning existing cultivation centres will have minimal effect on cultivation and distribution. Analysis indicates maximal effect achievable by removing organic pleasure centre from end-user nervous system.

legal tourism? no more whining about junkies in Dublin city centre then please

do these guys not realise that their factories light up like the fourth of July when a garda chopper flies over with their infra red heat detecting camera. dead give away due to the constant temperature required to grow this stuff.

Was bound to all go up in smoke eventually!

Gona be in short supply now :/ haha

From what I read here in the comments section , there must be very very nice people involved in the drugs business in Ireland ?
My personal experience is that they are the lowest of the low , who exploit very vulnerable people .
When it suits them , they then murder each other, over more drug distribution territory – my God how can we support these people ?

Wise up people please ?

Well done to the Gardai.

well gone to the garda keep it up :)

Just because the state can make money off selling something doesn’t mean they should!
Anyway, we’ll done to the gardai on this one!

And go ahead, give me the thumbs down. I certainly gave it to afew of the above comments

Yes the gardai act within the law. All this legalise it talk is mumbo jumbo. Do ye expect them to stand idly by and let this go on? Besides the majority of growers/dealers are the lowest of the low with links to organised crime. It may have a less detrimental affect in comparison to alcohol yet those who deal in ths “

Yeah legalise it, that’s what we need, more dopes walking around the place with more time on their hands than job applications.

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Deal in this “industry” are far from daz white. Apologies for the split message.

Why legalise something that is altering people’s mood??? It’s hard enough to deal with life having a clear head. Are people so in need of getting away from reality that they would smoke hash or other drugs in order not to feel alive with reality??? Silly people sending out a message to kids and others to take drugs if things get difficult.