Coolmine chief executive Pauline McKeown expects further rise in numbers as inflation makes more people vulnerable through social deprivation

Frank Feighan, the minister in charge of the National Drugs Strategy, does not envisage legalising cannabis, but a legally regulated market would control what goes into cannabis, as well as generating revenue from taxes

Horizon chief executive Tim Walbert explains why the drug company will keep expanding in Ireland and has marked its commitment by sponsoring the Irish Open

Once seen as the recreational drug of the wealthy, cocaine has become a ubiquitous presence among every social and economic group in Ireland – including teenagers – and is ordered via text or social media. What is behind the popularity of the Class A drug?

Judge says state must prove its prohibitions on cannabis products containing trace amounts of the psychoactive compound protect human health

The scheme has yet to be rolled out at the five pilot locations originally planned for 2021

Fully four years after the Oireachtas backed the setting-up of supervised drug injection centres, not one of them has opened

Three years after a bill on the issue was first proposed, patients say they are tired of agonising delays to accessing life-changing treatments

The Health Diversion Programme, which allows for those found with small quantities of drugs to be directed to the health service instead of being prosecuted, will be rolled out in five locations in 2021

If the son of the world’s most powerful politician can publicly acknowledge his dependency struggles, it may encourage others to do likewise – especially here in Ireland

Gainshare initiative provided an incentive for hospitals to switch to biosimilar medicines as soon as originals had gone off patent