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What the world thought of Ireland accidentally legalising ecstasy and a load of other drugs
Surprise!
ECSTASY IS LEGAL in Ireland right now. So are ketamine and magic mushrooms.
But only until 12am Thursday.
That’s because of a Court of Appeal ruling which meant that possession of certain drugs was made legal.
The news, not surprisingly, spread faster than you could tweet ‘certain drugs are legal in Ireland now’.
International publications took two overall approaches: they were either downright factual about the whole thing, or took the mick out of us. Some even went so far as to colour-theme their stock drug photos.
On the factual side of things, we had these headlines:
There were those who emphasised the ‘accidental’ angle, which left us a bit morto for ourselves:
The majority of headlines did take a slightly more jovial approach:
But one publication (stand up, Vice), was positively triumphant:
The new law will be signed today. If you’re confused about how this situation could develop in the first place, here’s our explainer.
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