Q&A: Here's where Ireland's political parties stand on drugs ahead of GE2020
We’ve asked the parties their stance on topics such as decriminalisation and how they would tackle drug-related crime.
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We’ve asked the parties their stance on topics such as decriminalisation and how they would tackle drug-related crime.
The Minister for Health says that the government must and will shoulder its responsibilities in this area.
Local politicians have called for clarity on what gardai are supposed to do.
The centres have been a part of government drug policy for a number of years.
The proposed bill passed all stages of the Oireachtas today.
The first pilot centre is expected to be opened in Dublin in the autumn.
An Oireachtas Health Committee is hearing submissions in relation to medically supervised injecting centres.
The Misuse of Drugs Bill 2016 passed through the Dáil yesterday.
A new Misuse of Drugs Bill brought to government this week contains no mention of the centres.
The warning has come from the outgoing Drugs Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.
The Ana Liffey Drug Project’s director dropped in to the newsroom for a chat this afternoon.
Senator John Crown has said that heroin could be given under clean, supervised circumstances to remove addicts from the streets and reduce criminality. Do you agree?