L’Irlande planifie de dépénaliser les petites quantités de drogues pour usage personnel

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L’Irlande planifie de dépénaliser les petites quantités de drogues pour usage personnel

11 novembre 2015

Le Ministre irlandais a continué dediscuter la dépénalisation des drogues après avoir annoncé l’intention du gouvernement d’ouvrir des salles de consommation à moindre risque à Dublin. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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Ireland will move towards decriminalising substances including heroin, cocaine and cannabis as part of a “radical cultural shift”, the country's drugs minister has said.

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, the chief of Ireland’s National Drugs Strategy, told a lecture at the London School of Economics on Monday that drug users will be able to inject in specially designated rooms in Dublin from next year.

The minister said attitudes to drugs needed to move away from shaming addicts to helping them and emphasised there was a difference between legalisation and decriminalisation.

It would remain a crime to profit – from either the sale or distribution of illegal drugs – but drug takers would no longer be criminalised for their addictions.

“I am firmly of the view that there needs to be a cultural shift in how we regard substance misuse if we are to break this cycle and make a serious attempt to tackle drug and alcohol addiction,” said Mr Ó Ríordáin.

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