Drugs | Business Post

Assembly chair recommends drugs diversion model

Paul Reid says laws in place must be acted on, even with new legislative proposals

US drugmaker Mallinckrodt to go bankrupt for second time in three years

Mallinckrodt previously filed for bankruptcy in October 2020

Elaine Byrne: Drugs are everywhere in society so we must decide if they are a criminal or a health problem

People from all walks of life in Ireland use recreational narcotics and the state spends a disproportionate amount of resources dealing with the issue in the courts

‘Deadly blow to democracy’: Ecuadoran presidential candidate shot dead fortnight before election

Fernando Villavicencio’s assassination comes amid growing power of organised crime in the country

Under the influence: The highs and lows of drugs and addiction

The Citizens’ Assembly on drugs is looking at what changes could be made to legislation to reduce the impact on individuals, families and communities – but not everyone agrees on the best way forward

Drug users to be given health warnings if caught by gardaí under new plans

The move is part of a new ‘health-led’ approach to the issue of drug

Urgent and significant change in approach to drug use needed, says citizens’ assembly chair

Preliminary data shows there were 409 poisoning deaths linked to drugs in Ireland in 2020

Citizens' Assembly

Elaine Byrne: Citizens Assembly will hopefully hear some long-awaited honesty about drug use

Even though the use of illegal drugs in Ireland is prevalent in every community in Ireland, there is still a stifling stigma around the issue so the Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use should serve to legitimise the debate around decriminalisation

Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs hears how early trauma leads to addiction

Chair Paul Reid said he expected the weekend’s discussions to be “the most innovative, creative, brave, and courageous” Citizens’ Assembly meeting ever

Citizen's Assembly

‘I’ve never taken drugs,’ says Paul Reid as citizens assembly starts

Drugs Citizens’ Assembly chair says members will be presented with a variety of advice that ‘reflects the debate that’s happening in Ireland’

Former HSE chief Paul Reid appointed chair of the citizens’ assembly on drugs use

The assembly is due to submit a report to the Houses of the Oireachtas by the end of the year

RedC Poll finds public would support move to decriminalise drugs

Ahead of a new citizens’ assembly, 50 per cent of adults polled think no one should be prosecuted for carrying any drug for personal use

Ahead of a citizens’ assembly on drug use, poll shows public favour changes in the law

The Business Post/RedC poll shows 70 per cent support for currently illegal drugs to be made available for therapeutic or medicinal use and over 50 per cent support for the regulated sale of cannabis for recreational use

Our ‘hidden waiting list’ of delays in access to medicines is costing lives

An independent review of our entire drugs reimbursement system is urgently needed as patients wait far longer here for new drugs than in most of Europe

Elaine Byrne: We need to talk about cannabis, and about legalising it in Ireland

Gino Kenny’s bill to legalise cannabis for personal use presents a timely opportunity to discuss the realities around cannabis and its use today

Rehab facility: We’re treating record numbers of addiction cases

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

Elaine Byrne: Anti-cannabis group has its say, but minister needs to listen to the other side

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

A new Horizon: ‘Ireland’s appeal to us is about the talent, not just tax’

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

How cocaine became Ireland’s drug of choice

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?

Businessman secures stay on his prosecution for possessing cannabis products with trace amounts of THC

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