Home cultivation of cannabis, which is becoming increasingly popular, can still result in growers receiving a 14-year prison sentence with no plans to decrease the seriousness of the offence.
No review of the current application of the drugs laws is under way despite moves in Britain to largely decriminalise possession of drugs for 'personal use'.
The issue has come under national debate again in the UK after police in County Durham last week said they would "not prioritise" prosecuting people who had small amounts of cannabis for personal use.
While the equipment for growing cannabis and the seeds are being sold openly and in increasing amounts in Ireland, there are no plans for changes in the law to reduce the seriousness of the offence.
The last decade has seen a massive boom in the numbers arrested, charged and convicted of drugs offences.
Source: Jim Cusack, Irish Independent, 26/07/15
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