Gerard Roe
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Socialist Sole Trader @ The Platform Coffee ☕ Retired Youth Worker and founder @ Youth Workers Against Prohibition. #ywap
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Alcohol is a drug
A pub is a drug consumption room
A Bar man is a drug dealer.
All done in a strictly regulated and controlled environment. Acceptable
Now imagine if alcohol was banned like others drugs.
Chaos!
Regulate and control all drugs.
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The Misuse of Drugs Act has been causing more harm than drugs since 1977.
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Of all the drugs I've consumed in my adult life, Nicotine is the only drug I am addicted to. I won't get punished though, and it's my own personal responsibility to stop, knowing help is always there if I am ready to.
Shouldn't it be the same with all drugs? 🤷♂️
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Happy 420 everybody. Today you can show your support for Cannabis Law Reform in Ireland by saying why you support it.
#CannabisReformIreland
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Imagine offering to do community service for being found with €4 worth of Cannabis and being told by a Judge, not until you get 'clean'.
The only thing wrong in all of this is the judiciary and the enforcement of these laws.
#CannabisReformIreland
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Very proud youth worker today and proud of the 100+ youth workers who put their names to the letter calling for a conversation to bring an end to prohibition in Ireland. Thanks
@PatrickFreyne1
for a really great piece and helping get our message out.
#ywap
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Germany, now Malta. Who's next? Will Ireland be last?
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German police urge Britons to choose weed over alcohol while attending Euro 2024. Meanwhile in Ireland they want to send you for treatment for cannabis use and continue going the pub instead.
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If you consume Cannabis in a jurisdiction where it is legal and come home to Ireland and drive a few days later you can and will be prosecuted if you are stopped and drug tested. Ireland 2023
Corkman taking drug-driving test told gardaí: 'I will definitely fail. I was in Amsterdam at the weekend'
The man was fined €300 and was banned from driving for one year.
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Its time to stop listening to the anti-cannabis brigade in Irish Psychiatry and call out the Journalists who write sensationalist fear mongering articles about drugs. They are responsible for misinforming the public and one of the main reasons we have so much shame and stigma.
The media barrage against cannabis continues.
Regardless, cannabis regulation is still supported by evidence and the majority of the population.
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There is nothing more I want than a change of government, but if SF are the likeliest to be that, and our prospective Taoiseach is sharing images of vulnerable people while trying to score points, it doesn't fill me with hope that they will change Drugs Policy.
On Thurs 3 small children & a teacher randomly & viciously stabbed here at Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire. This is pick up time at same school yesterday. For all the hot air and diversions NO lessons have been learned by Govt. NO care or respect. No political accountability.
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How can a Citizens Assembly vote against the status quo and at the same time conclude with keeping the status quo? Something does not sit right with me. Who has been mislead here?
#CADrugsUse
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The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 needs to be tore up and replaced with scentific harm reducing legislation. We have the infrastructure to manage drug use better we just need a new alternative to the current damaging and failed approach by alligning policy, research and practice.
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Let's put The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 into Recovery. Over 40 years misusing adults and children. I think its safe to say it needs treatment.
Who's up for a Misuse of Drugs Act 2021? 🙋♂️🙋♀️
#ReformMisuseOfDrugsAct1977
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I wonder will Irish Politicians now see it as politically expedient to be pro cannabis to win votes.
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Very soon Cannabis will be decriminalised and it will have been down to the tireless work of
@Ginosocialist
, a politician who truly understands the damage Prohibition causes and who knows this is only an important first step in dismantling the war on drugs in Ireland. 👏✊
Very soon People Before Profit will bring forward an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs legislation. The Cannabis Regulation Bill 22 will decriminalise cannabis for personal use. It will be the first time in 10 years that a bill seeks to amend progressively the MUDA.Time for Change
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What does legalisation look like in practice?
Many of us had a first job working in a bar or pub collecting glasses or promoted to bar man
We could do the same with Cannabis Clubs/Cafes which offer economic alternative for young people instead of dealing and a life of crime.
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Starting in my new role tomorrow as Drug Education Worker for the Canal Communities - Inchicore, Bluebell and Rialto. I am very excited. 😊🙌
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Very soon the Citizens Assembly will vote on the liberalisation of Irelands drug laws and they will do so without having been given expert international evidence, particularly from criminal justice experts and that has me anxious. The stakes are too high to not get this right.
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Cannot believe today was my last day as a Youth Worker in Dublin. (I was damn good at what I do). Next week I will be a sole trader in Cork selling Coffees in Mallow train station. Come say hi 👋. Funny how life works out. 🙃
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Youth Workers Against Prohibition couldn't feel more strongly about this. We need to end Prohibition. Regulate and control all drugs. Our communities and young people deserve better!
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What's the current state of drug education in Ireland and who delivers it?
Considering we've all been grossly miseducated about drugs for the past 50 years, I have my concerns about its current effectiveness and potential to cause harm to those recieving it, mainly young people.
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Cannabis use is a gateway to becoming the Minister for Drugs.
Even Ireland's Drugs Minister, Hildegarde Naughton, has tried cannabis.
She is lucky that synthetic cannabis wasn't around when she tried it - she could have ended up in hospital.
The Minister should take steps towards safe regulation to protect people like her.
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Over 3,500 people on waiting lists for detox while 140 residential beds remain closed. Irelands drug strategy should be renamed.
"Reducing Harm Reduction - Supporting Relapse"
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@keira_con
This child was Irish and he was born here. This has nothing to do with his nationality. This is symptomatic of our disastrous drug policies and there are thousands of young Irish people caught up in this. The spin you are putting on this is sick. You are a racist grifter!!
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What will drug decriminalisation look like in Ireland?
Minor possession no longer a criminal issue or offence.
Referral to youth and/or addiction services instead.
Supervised Injecting Facilities.
Drug Testing and Welfare at all major festivals
Cannabis Social Clubs for 18+
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Having watched
@RTE_PrimeTime
investigates Ballymun last night we youth workers couldn't feel more strongly about this. We need to end prohibition, decriminalise and regulate drugs.
#ywap
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Youth Workers Against Prohibition have held talks with
@FineGael
@SocDems
@greenparty_ie
all open minded discussions on the current state of Irish drugs laws. Today we meet with
@sinnfeinireland
. We will meet all political parties and our message is the same.
#EndProhibition
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Everyday over the past couple of weeks we're hearing of increased use of illicit drugs, Cocaine, Crack, Ketamine etc
If you think tougher enforcement and more prohibition is the solution you are part of the problem. Ireland has a drug policy problem
#endprohibition
#regulatedrugs
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The problem with drug education in Ireland and where it failed before it even started was that it seeks to 'stop' or 'prevent' drug use.
In reforming drug education the narrative needs to be changed to 'delaying the onset' of drug use.
Accept that drug use is adult behaviour.
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9 year old boy taken out by an Israeli sniper...Don't look the other way.
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Time to decriminalise drug possession and fully commit to a health lead response to drugs use in Ireland.
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Right, time to dust of the cobwebs, roll up the proverbial sleeves and bring about change to Irelands brutal and barbaric drug policies. There are forces doing there damnedest to ensure minimal change actually happens and we must not let them stifle progression any further.
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Beyond outrageous what you are making
@veras1
go through to help her daughter. Why do you make good people's lives so difficult.?
@MichealMartinTD
@LeoVaradkar
@EamonRyan
#talktovera
Women in Ireland have been punished for speaking up since the foundation of this state. Why are you afraid of women speaking up
@LeoVaradkar
@MichealMartinTD
Is this mother's punishment to be the denial of proper funding for her child's medicine? Are ye that spiteful?
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There is no doubt that this shooting is inextricably linked to the illegal drugs trade. How many more young lives are we going to let be taken away or destroyed in this way? The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 is the main driver of this harm and needs to be repealed to save lives.
A man in his late teens is currently being treated in hospital after being shot in Dublin city last night
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Youth Workers Against Prohibition will be on the Brendan O'Connor show on
@RTERadio1
at 12 noon today for anyone who wants to listen in. 👍🏽
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Almost every harm drugs apparently cause are highlighted under sensationalist headlines in the Irish media (by Prohibitionists) but never a mention of the harms caused by Prohibition which far outweigh harms caused by drugs. 🤷♂️
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We have failed to educate the public about drugs and are failing to educate our young people about drugs, in fact, we have nothing to say to them. It's time us adults grew up about drug use and advocated for sensible policies and education.
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Cannabis prohibition and its consequences are a greater threat to people's mental health than cannabis use. Stop this nonsense. Needlessly criminalising good people for what is now legal in other jurisdictions is grotesque and unfair.
@DonnellyStephen
@FrankFeighan
@HMcEntee
I am in court again today for €10 worth of cannabis and the anxiety I am feeling has me suicidal. Cannabis has never made me feel like this only your unjust prohibition does that. 🤬
#MentalHealthAwareness
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Poverty, deprivation and lack of services are all forms of structural violence. These lead to anti social behaviour. Rather than address these issues they are choosing to criminalise them instead with more structural violence.
@fiannafailparty
Fianna Fáil says it wants a court to sit 24/7 in Dublin to tackle anti-social behaviour
Read more:
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In terms of public health, if we regulate and control all drugs we can centre our work on being person centered and trauma responsive instead of stigmatising and othering. Drug use is not bad, our attitudes are.
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Something I could never quite stomach is
@IrishPsychiatry
think that criminalising young people is the way to deter drug use. Well I can tell you lot now. All you do is push young people further into addiction and criminality.
#CannabisReformIreland
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Well done New York 👏 40% Cannabis revenue going back to communities most affected.
Meanwhile, the collective shoulder shrugging amd ignorance particularly among our political class continues. We are a laughing stock at this stage. 🤦♂️
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Starting in my new job as Youth Worker in Bluebell Youth Project today. The place I grew up. Back to where it all began. Home.
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While we're in the business of repealing old laws, can we Repeal The Misuse of Drugs Act from 1977? Its causing more harm today, than it was back then...
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More truth bombs from
@SenLynnRuane
how international drug policy is racist in its origins and continues to pursue those on margins of society. Disgusting and brutal regime that we must change.
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Garda, Teachers, Civil Servants, the professional classes, make up the majority of drug users and are the main funders of the illegal drugs trade in Ireland.
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Sure, Ballymun needs more Garda, Educational and Social Services but that won't do anything to surpress Criminal Gangs. Only reform of The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 will create of Brighter Future for Ballymun and areas like it.
The report, "Ballymun - a Brighter Future", says open drug dealing is taking place and drug addicts from outside are being drawn to the area
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Go Luxembourg! Lets hope this accelerates cannabis reform across Europe!
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Has anyone noticed in almost all American TV shows, sitcoms and movies Cannabis is normalised? Rather than the usual "Hey, wanna grab a beer?" You might hear "Man, those edibles are strong".... Meanwhile, in Ireland Cannabis is as dangerous as driving a motorbike without a ⛑️
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Over 100 Youth Workers sign a letter calling for an end to prohibition of drugs in Ireland".
#EndProhibitionIreland
#ywap
Read our letter here 👇
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Over 20 years ago my mother died a drug related death that was preventable. Today, a further two more will perish because their lives don't matter enough. Wonder what the death toll is in this time?. An Oireachtas Committee if set up can change that. Get a move on!
#CADrugsUse
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How many people have been convicted in Ireland for Cannabis possession?
Looking for pardons.
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Since 1977 when the Misuse of Drugs Act was introduced in Ireland there has been a steady increase in the levels of drugs, the level of drug use, the level of addiction, the level of deaths, the levels of violence and the level of people in Prisons.
#EndProhibition
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Instagram and Telegram is now the easiest way to buy illegal drugs in Ireland. Anything you want. There's even jobs if you are looking for extra money and live within the relevant postcode and you don't have to be over 14 years of age which is the legal age to work in Ireland.
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The Assembly has voted emphatically against retaining the status quo.
#CADrugsUse
has voted against retaining the status quo in Ireland’s approach to drug use and policy. We now proceed to the next stage of voting.
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Who needs Prohibition?
I'll start.
Politicians
Media
Garda
Judiciary
Psychiatry
Prisons
Violent criminals
Keep it going.
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Youth Workers Against Prohibition are looking forward to attending the stakeholders information session tomorrow on the upcoming Citizens Assembly on Drug Use.
#CADrugsUse
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Youth Workers Against Prohibition just done a brilliant interview on the Brendan O'Connor show on
@RTERadio1
. Well done Eddie D'Arcy, sensible, rational and very responsible 👏
#ywap
#endprohibitionireland
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Great hustle from everyone who campaigned for drug policy reform this year. We have made great strides to get this on this political agenda. Roll on 2023 and the citizens assembly. Hopefully positive changes are on the horizon!
Time for a break.
Merry Christmas!
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'The Misuse of Drugs Act' - Manufacturing criminals and arresting innocent people since 1977.
Specialises in death, violence, overdose, addiction, stigma, incarceration and much, much more.
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@irishexaminer
@BobbySmyth4
Iceland successfully 'delayed the onset' of teenage alcohol use through sound investment in recreation. They did not use prohibition to suppress it as you claim. They alligned policy, research and practice to great effect. Stop selling lies
@BobbySmyth4
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@NeilRedFM
@NatalieORegan1
The people have answered emphatically yes to these polls for years. The only people holding it up is cowardly politicians, administration in our government, our judiciary and anyone else whos funding is tied to the enforcement of prohibition.
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Well, I never? In The Irish Sun of all the rags would have thought to find exceptional journalism!
'Flawed' Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs blasted as concerns raised over process
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The heel dragging by our own politicians on this issue must end. Time to let go of the rope! Too many lives are and have been upended in Ireland due to Cannabis Prohibition. Enough of it, now!
Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. Hear from
@POTUS
on the three steps he is taking to right these wrongs.
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If you want to know why people take drugs you will have to go back thousands of years. If you want to know why drugs became so harmful you go back to the beginning of Prohibition.
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This coming Sunday 3rd September @ 9am - Youth Workers Against Prohibition will be presenting to the Citizens Assembly on Drug Use where we will make our argument for the Regulation of drugs!
#EndProhibition
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@little_cbd
This is a disgrace, our city in under seige right now by violent criminal drug gangs yet gardai telling us they dont have resources for increased community policing.? They would if they had their priorities right 🤬
Sorry this has happened to you guys. 😔
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Great to hear more voices stating we did not go far enough.
@CianOConcubhair
Did the Citizens' Assembly on drug use go far enough? via
@rte
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This country is flooded with unregulated banned drugs. Customs intercept a tiny percentage of what comes through. It is time for the State to regulate and control all drugs. It is a radical idea to think we can police our way out of this.
#EndProhibition
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Had a dream last night. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 was repealed. Then I woke up. 😭
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There are a lot of competing demands when it comes to changing our countries drugs laws. Shouldn't we all just call for repeal of The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977.? This way we can all get what we want without anyone being left behind? Except prohibitionists. They can get in the sea
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@NewstalkFM
That's it, the whole citizens assembly process was unnecessary because Ciara Kelly knows best.
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I'm sorry to share this, but I feel I have to. Fuck Israel and all western countries complicit in the genocide of children. Dirty scummy neoliberal bastards the lot of them. I am ashamed on my country and the European Union. I despise Zionism. The world is fucked.
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One of the reasons we're still wedded to current drug policies is that many people's careers and livelihoods are tied to the enforcement of such policies. There is geniune fear of change when all thats needed is reorientation and allignment of policy, research and practice.
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How can we expect the general public to embrace reforms and overcome apparent fears surrounding drug use when the irish media continues to use anti drug messaging.? Whos interests are they serving, because it ain't the public.
@thejournal_ie
A bill that would make it legal to possess up to 7g of cannabis for personal use will be introduced to the Dáil in around two weeks
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In a time when policing in Ireland is at crisis point, community relations at an all time low and issues with recruitment. There's time and resources still being used to criminalize and jail young men for possession of small amounts of Cannabis. Just wrong!
#EndProhibition
A 20 year old man was jailed for 4 months after buying four bags of cannabis.
According to Garda valuations this equated to about 17 grams, so just over half an ounce.
A young man's life completely ruined because of Ireland's war on cannabis.
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The portal for Submissions to the Citizens Assembly on Drug Use is now live!
Don't let the prohibitionists win.
#CADrugsUse
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@DaithiDoolan
We need Heroin Assisted Treatment (HAT) as part of medically supervised consumption rooms. Aside to warnings, we need solutions, but political parties seem unable to offer them.
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Magnificent pint of totally acceptable chemical after work because I'm allowed to, legally 👌 and boast about it. 🤷
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Since the Misuse of Drugs Act was enacted in 1977. One of the main priorities of An Garda Siochana has been to enforce anti drug laws. They have had considerable success with enforcement, criminalising people in their thousands and this takes up most of their time.
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Watching Hutch v Kinahan: Irelands Deadliest criminals.
More state sponsored propaganda to justify enforcing prohibition. Not one of the people featured on the show made the link to prohibition giving rise to these criminal gangs. To prevent this we need to change drug policy.
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Very excited to be a speaker at this online public meeting hosted by
@Ginosocialist
on drug decriminalisation along with some personal heros of mine
@drcarlhart
@SenLynnRuane
@PhillyMcMahon
Wed 3rd March 8pm
Will be a interesting discussion!!
3th March Wednesday 8pm
The Case for Drug Decriminalisation. Online Discussion with Q&A.
Speakers Senator.Lynn Ruane
Philly McMahon
Gerard Roe
Prof.Carl Hart Columbia University
Hosted by Gino Kenny TD
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Those who enforce Prohibition, benefit from Prohibition. Yes, our Judiciary, our Police, our Psychiatrists...Who else?
Kildare judge criticises pressure to legalise cannabis.
He said research at European Union level had shown that over 70% of regular cannabis users had suffered irreversible brain damage as a consequence “because of smoking dope.”
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How can we move forward in advancing our response to drug use using a "health led approach" when our most senior addiction specialist continues to use gateway logic?
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The edifice on which the drug war was founded is crumbling in its own backyard. Oregan and now Washington decriminalises possession. Not to mention states with medical and recreational Cannabis. USA are rolling back on the war on drugs. Why aren't we?
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That means since the assembly has finished its work and while we waited for the Oireachtas Committee to be set up and do its work, many have died needlessly during this time. I expect nothing less than the entire 36 recommendations to be implemented, not discussed. We want change
"Every day that passes, more lives are lost.”
@paulreiddublin
, Chair of
#CADrugsUse
, urges a change in the national approach to drug use, advocating for the Assembly's 36 recommendations including decriminalisation for personal possession, at the Oireachtas Committee on Drugs Use
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Parents call for full decriminialisation of drug possession outside Dail today.
Remove Article 3 from The Misuse of Drugs Act.
#FamiliesforDrugReform
Families for Drug Reform are demomstrating outside the Dáil today.
They are calling for full decriminalisation of drug possession and increased supports.
#FamiliesForDrugReform
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Youth Workers Against Prohibition
#ywap
feature on the latest
@nicolatallantsw
podcast Crimeworld over on
@SpotifyUK
We discuss our campaign and why we need to end prohibition in Ireland.
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Courageous campaigner
@MartinsWorld420
fighting for what he believes and what we all know is true justice.
#civildisobedience
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14,893 killed by Israel but
@trocaire
are too cowardly to name this! You will never get a penny from me again.
1 month.
10,492 people killed in
#Gaza
.
242 people held captive by Hamas.
4,237 children killed in Gaza.
1,405 people killed by Hamas in Israel.
164 people killed in the Occupied West Bank.
We demand full humanitarian access and a
#CeasefireNOW
in Gaza.
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Just when you think it got lost in the post after near four weeks of waiting, you know its going to be worth it.
@drcarlhart
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Over 2 people a day are going to die a drug related death in Ireland while we wait for an Oireachtas Committee to be set up to implement the
#CADrugsUse
recommendations.
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Since 1977 drug policy has been causing more harm than drugs!
This country has had six decades of failed drug policies which have caused misery for so many and done nothing to prevent drug use.
It’s time for something different!
#Decrim
#HarmReduction
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