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18th August 2010
The Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 will come into operation next Monday.The Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 (No. 22 of 2010) will come into operation next Monday, 23 August 2010, as provided for in the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 401 of 2010).
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18th August 2010
UK: Decriminalisation the wrong approachThe Home Office has restated its position on drugs, after the outgoing president of the Royal College of Physicians called for a review of the law. Speaking to the BBC, Sir Ian Gilmore said that the ‘the present policy of prohibition is not a success’.
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18th August 2010
Alcohol charity warns of ‘cheap booze’ ahead of Leaving Cert celebrationsAlcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, congratulated the country’s 59,000 Leaving Cert students but reminded them in the run-up to celebrations that they have a choice about whether to drink and if they do drink to remember - there can be a high cost for cheap alcohol.
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17th August 2010
UK: DrugScope responds to media reports on use of ‘new’ legal high ‘Ivory Wave’The last week has seen an increase in media reports of incidents involving an apparently ‘new’ legal high drug sold under the brand name ‘Ivory Wave’ (or in some areas ‘Vanilla Sky’).
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17th August 2010
Reported in Daily Mail: New legal high drug ‘Ivory Wave’ linked to fathers death in UKA young father who plunged 300ft from a cliff to his death is believed to be the first Briton to die after taking the new legal designer drug ‘Ivory Wave’, By Daily Mail Reporter
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17th August 2010
UK doctor calls for drugs rethinkThe British government should consider decriminalising drugs because the blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health, a leading doctor said today.
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16th August 2010
New research from Canal Communities Local Drugs Task ForceThis is a study of changing patterns of drug use in Inchicore, Rialto, and Bluebell, the areas served by the Canal Communities Local Drugs Task Force (CCLDTF), using data collected from September 2007 until the end of 2008, with some follow-up work in 2009.
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16th August 2010
Top doctor urges ban on alcohol sponsors in sportThe head of A&E at one of the country’s busiest hospitals has called for a ban on sports sponsorship by drinks companies.
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16th August 2010
Docs warn head-shop ban has little effectThere has been a huge increase in hospital admissions due to ‘head shop’ drugs, sold since the stores were banned.
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10th August 2010
Gardaí reveal drug statisticsThere are now at least 10 regular heroin users in Killarney, a senior Garda officer in the town revealed, yesterday.
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