[BBC News Online] , Butler, Chris Drug addicts: Irish minister calls for 'more sympathetic' approach. (21 Dec 2015)
External website: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35150268
The Irish minister responsible for drugs strategy is calling for the decriminalisation of possession of small quantities of drugs, including class A substances like heroin.
This means that people would, in practice, not face prosecution, but it does not mean the legalisation of drugs. .....
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