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Thursday 29 October 2020
Dr Austin O’Carroll says decriminalisation would be a way of taking responsibility for the vicious effects of inequality.
We’ve asked the parties their stance on topics such as decriminalisation and how they would tackle drug-related crime.
We should decriminalise possession of drugs for personal use, writes independent senator Lynn Ruane.
The claim was made earlier this week by GP Dr Ray Walley in debate on cannabis legalisation.
McMahon lost his brother John to a drug overdose in 2012.
Reasonable threshold limits and supportive sanctions should form part of a decriminalisation process, a new study argues.
Dr Nuno Capaz of the Lisbon Drug Addiction Dissuasion Commission gives his view on the drug policy debate.
Levels of drug use in Ireland have increased in recent years.
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin thinks the move would save lives.
A motion before the Dáil this evening will acknowledge the harm caused by historical criminal laws.
After 40 years in the force, Jack Nolan said it would be difficult to claim there are less drugs available now.
Ireland officially passed legislation which finally decriminalised homosexuality on 24 June 1993.
A town hall meeting will be held this week in Dublin on the subject of looking into a health-led approach towards drug use in Ireland.
The party is proposing that criminal offences be removed for people possessing less than five grams of cannabis.
A new working group has been formed to look into alternative approaches to the possession of drugs for personal use.
What’s the day-to-day experience like for people injecting drugs in the city?
The idea of decriminalising drugs – once considered taboo – has been gaining support in recent years.
I am delighted to see this government’s commitment to properly evaluate how decriminalisation could work in an Irish context, writes Dr John Collins.
First time users will now be hit with a €255 fine instead of a conviction.
US president has now commuted 562 sentences, more than the previous nine presidents combined.
Major new study says jails hothouse infectious diseases, which are then passed on to the wider community.
The warning has come from the outgoing Drugs Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.
Could Ireland go down the Portuguese route?
The government is considering decriminalising the possession of a small amount of drugs like heroin, cannabis and cocaine.
The minister cited Portugal’s approach to drugs as a possible model for Ireland.
Help Not Harm wants Ireland to treat the issue of drugs as a health issue.
An expert has proposed the controversial idea.
In the debate over criminalisation, sex workers’ voices are all too often drowned out.
TDs are off to Portugal to find out.
Being a magazine vendor is, according to the owners, the “best alternative to (giving fellatio) on the street”.
Dr Cathal Ó Súilleabháin says decriminalisation would combat crime, make the drug safer and allow for research.
Paul McGrath of Fine Gael at the time spoke against the bill and said he was concerned what impact it would have on society as a whole.
Homosexuality was decriminalised twenty years ago today.
It took a 16-year legal battle to remove the Victorian laws from Ireland’s statutebook which criminalised sexual acts between men.
A new report by MPs wants drug laws overhauled – and retailers of ‘legal highs’ to be held liable for any harm the products cause.
THE HSE IS today expected to outline that the contact tracing system is “back on track” after its capacity was surpassed due to a surge in Covid-19 cases earlier this month.
It is understood that Oireachtas Health Committee will be told that the contact tracing system’s capacity was surpassed when the number of Covid-19 cases sharply increased at the start of the month, but that it has gotten back on track since 23 October.
In July, the HSE launched its Covid-19 contact tracing app, which is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day.
So, today we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 contact tracing app?
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The goalposts – and polling analysis – have shifted since 2016, Noel Rock writes.
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