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Loophole

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:

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drugs Business Insider Business Insider

There were those who emphasised the ‘accidental’ angle, which left us a bit morto for ourselves:

independent The Independent The Independent

irish central drugs Irish Central Irish Central

the week drugs The Week The Week

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The majority of headlines did take a slightly more jovial approach:

guardian drugs The Guardian The Guardian

buzzfeed drugs Buzzfeed Buzzfeed

wonkblog Washington Post Washington Post

thrillist Thrillist Thrillist

But one publication (stand up, Vice), was positively triumphant:

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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.

Read: The law to ban ecstasy and loads of other drugs should be signed later today>

Read: The judge who allowed ecstasy and ketamine to be legalised explains why he did it>

Read: Loophole means ecstasy and loads of other drugs are now legal (but only until Thursday)>

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