# drug policy
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This year
2024
drug policy
Taoiseach expects Oireachtas committee on drug use to be up and running no later than April
13 Feb
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Last year
2023
drug policy
'There is no time to waste': What happens next after the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use?
23 Oct 2023
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drug policy
Citizens' Assembly votes for health-led approach to drug use rather than legalisation
21 Oct 2023
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Voices
Opinion: The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to effect change
McGovern, Ó Concubhair & Marder
17 Oct 2023
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Voices
Tales from New York: 'We should learn from the drug treatment approach here'
Tony Duffin
20 Aug 2023
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citizens assembly on drugs
'Sustained increase' in overdose deaths in recent years, Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use hears
24 Jun 2023
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THE MORNING LEAD
Addiction experts, campaigners concerned over 'transparency' of new Citizens' Assembly
14 Apr 2023
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drug policy
Citizens' Assembly will examine State response to illegal drugs and report back by end of year
14 Feb 2023
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Voices
Opinion: Enough talk - we need to decriminalise the possession of drugs for personal use
Dr Ian Marder
3 Feb 2023
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All time
drug policy
'No view' on cannabis legalisation, says Varadkar as Citizens' Assembly on drugs expected in 2023
25 Dec 2022
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drug policy
Legalisation and regulation of drugs like cannabis should be examined by Govt, TDs say
Updated
14 Dec 2022
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decriminalisation
Stigma around drug use preventing people from coming forward to access key supports
9 Dec 2022
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Voices
Gino Kenny: It's time to decriminalise the possession of cannabis for personal use
Gino Kenny
24 Nov 2022
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Voices
Lynn Ruane: A mature society accepts that drug use is normal and does not punish addiction
Lynn Ruane
20 Feb 2022
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Voices
Lynn Ruane: Global drug laws can be traced back to a small group of conserative American men
Lynn Ruane
6 Feb 2022
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Addiction
Nursing group invited to meet with Minister following its removal from national drug committee
14 Jan 2022
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Voices
Simon Harris: Injecting centres do not legitimise drug use - if we're serious about tackling addiction we must establish one
Simon Harris TD
18 Nov 2019
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Voices
Lynn Ruane: Harm reduction should always come first with criminal drug policy
Lynn Ruane
9 Nov 2019
14.6k
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top garda
Ex-Assistant Commissioner on drug debate: 'Our young people are criminalised, deprived of life chances'
13 Jun 2018
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the volunteers
'Why would you continue to perpetuate something that is wrong?': New mural challenges Ireland's drug laws
11 Jun 2017
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FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Do supervised injection centres reduce drug-related deaths?
20 Feb 2017
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FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Do supervised injection centres reduce drug-related crime?
19 Feb 2017
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Voices
U-47700 death: 'As we pretend that policing drugs deters users, we can expect more harm, more deaths'
Dr Garrett McGovern
24 Jan 2017
548
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Voices
It's planned the first supervised injecting facility will open in 2017. So how did we get here?
Tony Duffin
24 Dec 2016
283
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Just say no
Vogue Williams will NOT be taking hallucinogenic drugs as part of RTÉ show
22 Aug 2016
29.7k
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Voices
Criminalising possession doesn't discourage use - we need real solutions
Tony Duffin
8 Mar 2016
304
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relaxation
Carrying drugs for personal use is illegal. But politicians are looking at changing that
4 Jul 2015
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