# Drug use
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This month
April 2024
THE MORNING LEAD
'Demons were following me': Call to make HHC illegal after users experience psychotic episodes
HHC, a semisynthetic cannabinoid derived from CBD, is widely available in Ireland.
There are growing concerns that HHC is triggering psychotic episodes in certain people
HHC vapes are widely available online, and in vape and CBD shops
"I was seeing and hearing things that weren't there. I was being followed around by demons," one man told us
Órla Ryan
4 Apr
20.1k
This year
2024
drug policy
Taoiseach expects Oireachtas committee on drug use to be up and running no later than April
13 Feb
7.4k
31
Dublin
Merchants Quay says it will take time for drug users to 'trust' new supervised injection centre
29 Jan
11.2k
14
assembly's final report
Ireland has 'once in a generation' chance to decriminalise personal drug use, Paul Reid says
A special Oireachtas committee will be established to examine the Citizens’ Assembly’s recommendations, Drugs Minister Hildegarde Naughton confirmed.
The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use today published its final report
The document includes 36 recommendations to overhaul Ireland's drug policy and establish a more health-led approach
A special Oireachtas committee will be set up to examine the report and suggest new legislation
Órla Ryan
Updated
25 Jan
39.3k
280
chemsex
Detoxing from G is '100 times worse than alcohol withdrawal', expert warns
Chemsex – using drugs like G to enhance and prolong sex – has become more common in Ireland in recent years.
GHB or GBL is used socially and for the purposes of chemsex
The drug is highly addictive and its potency varies widely
Every year dozens of people seek help to detox from G at the Club Drugs Clinic in Dublin
Órla Ryan
15 Jan
41.6k
Last year
2023
nitazenes
HSE warns of 'extra risk' to drug users after eight overdoses in Cork in the last 36 hours
8 Dec 2023
21.7k
0
Addiction
Irish society 'hates heroin users': Former minister hits out at drugs policy
19 Nov 2023
21.4k
Neart Le Chéile
Service users 'devastated' amid plan to shut down 'vital' addiction support service in Dublin
17 Nov 2023
10.3k
12
nitazenes
A potent synthetic opioid was found in the heroin that caused overdoses, but what are nitazenes?
Updated
15 Nov 2023
16.2k
nitazenes
At least 40 people in Dublin overdose on 'very potent' heroin batch as HSE issues fresh warning
Updated
10 Nov 2023
40.4k
poppy ban
Ireland 'needs to be ready' for increase in fentanyl use amid expected heroin shortage
9 Nov 2023
20.1k
35
drug policy
'There is no time to waste': What happens next after the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use?
23 Oct 2023
11.1k
80
Drug use
Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use to vote on key recommendations to Government
21 Oct 2023
7.1k
Drug use
'Absolute priority' to open Ireland's first supervised drug injection centre by next September
19 Oct 2023
10.7k
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
7.6k
48
Voices
Dr Chris Luke: What exactly happens to your body when you take cocaine?
Dr Chris Luke
Updated
8 Oct 2023
47.7k
67
Drugs
Chief Medical Officer says level of cannabis use in Ireland is ‘of great concern’
Updated
30 Sep 2023
34.2k
277
Voices
Opinion: The Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use needs more diversity of speakers and thought
Lynn Ruane, Ian Marder & Cian O’Concubhair
24 Sep 2023
11.0k
harm reduction
Pilot scheme will see people at risk of opioid overdose given relief medication they can take at home
1 Sep 2023
11.9k
32
Voices
Tales from New York: 'We should learn from the drug treatment approach here'
Tony Duffin
20 Aug 2023
12.1k
62
Naloxone
Support service calls for better availability of overdose-reversing drug
26 Jun 2023
6.0k
10
paul reid
Citizens’ assembly chair says urgent step change in approach to drug use is needed
25 Jun 2023
11.0k
68
THE MORNING LEAD
'Staff have been attacked, spat at': Dublin city businesses on impact of anti-social behaviour
9 Jun 2023
41.6k
47
citizens assembly
Drug use 'everywhere' but marginalised communities face more difficulties, Citizens' Assembly hears
Updated
13 May 2023
17.0k
38
citizens assembly
Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use now open for submissions from the public
4 May 2023
5.7k
5
Voices
Therapist: Right or wrong, recreational drug use is part of the festival experience
Michael Ledden
22 Apr 2023
21.0k
17
citizens assembly
Citizens' Assembly on Drugs holds first meeting in Dublin
Updated
15 Apr 2023
21.5k
84
Voices
Opinion: The Greek model of responding to drug use is worth keeping an eye on
Tony Duffin
25 Feb 2023
18.8k
7
drug taking
Simon Harris: 'Direct link between snorting a line and murder, assault, criminality and misery'
16 Feb 2023
17.3k
50
Voices
Opinion: We as legislators must be brave and make difficult decisions regarding drug laws
Paul McAullife
6 Feb 2023
11.5k
23
Voices
Opinion: Enough talk - we need to decriminalise the possession of drugs for personal use
Dr Ian Marder
3 Feb 2023
10.2k
29
All time
Syringe analysis shows increase in methamphetamine use and cocaine-heroin mixture
10 Aug 2022
10.8k
10
Cannabis
Criminalising drug use is 'disastrous' waste of time and money, expert to tell Justice Committee
12 Jul 2022
16.1k
22
Health Research Board
Report finds one in three young drinkers in Ireland have an alcohol use disorder
8 Jun 2022
27.3k
40
Addiction
Psychological Society criticises delay in 'vital' citizens' assembly on drugs amid death warning
23 Feb 2022
7.6k
6
citizens assembly
'If cattle were dying, not humans, there would be action': Citizens' assembly on drugs delayed
Updated
21 Feb 2022
45.6k
27