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22nd June 2010
Legal highs contributed to death of woman (19)A coronor has warned about the danger of drugs sold in head shops following the death of a young woman from an overdose of multiple drugs, including two products sold as so-called “legal highs”.
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21st June 2010
HSE announces €300,000 investment in community health and addiction servicesPat Healy, Regional Director of Operations, HSE South today, 18th June 2010, announced a major investment of €300,000 in community health and addiction services for the Northside of Cork.
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21st June 2010
‘Legal highs’ warning for summer festival-goers in Northern IrelandOrganisers of this summer’s music festivals were urged to warn revellers about the dangers of so-called “legal highs”.
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19th June 2010
Law to let gardaí ban head-shop productsLegislation allowing gardaí to prohibit the sale of head-shop products without having immediate recourse to the criminal courts is expected to be passed before the summer Dáil recess.
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19th June 2010
Laws seek to jail head shop ownersRadical laws to close head shops and imprison the sellers of “legal highs” have been announced, with offenders facing sentences of up to five years.
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19th June 2010
New Law Will Crackdown on HeadshopsUnder the Bill, the sale or supply of substances which are not specifically proscribed under the Misuse of Drugs Acts, but which have psychoactive effects, for human consumption will be a criminal offence.
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18th June 2010
Minister Ahern publishes the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010The Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Mr Dermot Ahern T.D., today published the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010.
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18th June 2010
Whacked Out!Three people were admitted to Wexford General Hospital’s A&E department over the weekend, having tried new head shop drug ‘Whack’.
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17th June 2010
Methadone Scheme Review - Call for SubmissionsThe HSE is looking for submissions from any interested parties (service users, families, community and voluntary sectors, staff working in addiction services, HSE colleagues, academic and research bodies and other key stakeholders) to inform a review of the current Methadone Treatment Protocol.
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17th June 2010
O’Brien welcomes Taoiseach’s personal commitment to tough law on HeadshopsDublin North T.D. Darragh O’Brien has welcomed the Taoiseach’s commitment in the Dáil today to have tough new legislation tackling dangerous Headshop products passed in the coming weeks to protect the public from very harmful substances.
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