Special Obligations Drug traffic offences for the purpose of the following obligations covers using, supplying transporting, storing, importing or exporting controlled drugs. It also covers engaging in any conduct which directly or indirectly, in relation to controlled drugs is a money laundering offence. It also includes the use of a ship for illicit traffic in controlled drugs. A person convicted on indictment of a drug […]
Background The Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 was introduced principally to curtail the phenomenon of “head shops” which had sprung up throughout the country. The shop sold a range of products that were not controlled drugs at the time but which had the same effect. As attempts were made to prescribe particular substances as controlled drugs, new substances quickly emerged. The legislation introduced a […]
Misuse of Drugs Act The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 was the first substantial legislation on the control of non-medicinal drugs in Ireland. A controlled drug is any substance or preparation specified in the schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act or from time to time classified as a controlled drug by governmental order. The schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act lists over 100 […]
Search Powers A member of Garda Síochána who suspects with reasonable cause that a person is in possession of a controlled drug in contravention of the Act may without a warrant search the person and for such purpose detain him as long as it is reasonably necessary for making the search; search any vehicle, vessel, aircraft in which he suspects a controlled drug may be […]
Scope Cannabis (except in “cannabis resin”) means any plant of the genus Cannabis or any part of any such plant (by whatever name designated) but includes neither cannabis resin nor any of the following products after separation from the rest of any such plant, namely— mature stalk of any such plant, fibre produced from such mature stalk, or seed of any such plant. “cannabis resin” […]