A dad-of-two, serving five years for supplying cannabis to help severely ill patients, has been moved to an open prison as his family prepare to launch an appeal against his sentence.

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https://cannabishealthnews.co.uk/2023/08/21/irish-cannabis-caregiver-serving-five-year-sentence-moved-to-open-prison/

Duffin says there could also be a major heroin shortage coming soon because in Afghanistan the Taliban is destroying opium crops. However the big risk is that fentanyl enters the drug supply

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https://dublininquirer.com/2023/08/16/six-years-on-theres-still-no-timeline-for-the-opening-of-first-supervised-injecting-facility-in-dublin/

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The urgent need for reform took center stage at the June session of the Citizen Assembly

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https://www.thecannabisreview.ie/post/citizen-assembly-on-drug-use-review-june-23

Drug services having to turn people away due to lack of funding. Services are on "life support"

Services have not had an increase in funding in a decade. We need services to be proactive, not reactive. Closing the stable door after the horse has bolted is not how we should manage problematic drug use.
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41176387.html

Here we have the second Most senior Garda in the country stating that they routinely abuse the section 23 Misuse of drugs act search powers for other operational matters.

Stop and search is an abuse of individual liberty and highly degrading, it is not something that should be a routine part of policing the public.

https://youtu.be/l8metaoS3Eg?t=12739

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Ireland has a growing drug problem which is impacting individuals, families, communities and wider society.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0415/1377046-citizens-assembly-drug-use/

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Today members of the Irish Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use will meet for the first time to hear from a range of voices on the subject of drugs use in Ireland and internationally, beginning their deliberations.

📺Tune in from 10am CEST today via
http://citizensassembly.ie

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In a letter obtained by the Irish Mirror, "concerns" were raised about the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use, which begins this weekend.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/grave-concerns-raised-citizens-assembly-29707830.amp

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