IRELAND:
For the next 24 hours, a host of Class A drugs are legal (or else in a legal quandary) in Ireland due to an accidental loophole in drug laws, according to The Independent.
Emergency legislation will be passed tonight after the 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act was found unconstitutional by the Irish Court of Appeal this morning, making the drugs it prohibits, legal.
Ireland has been placed in a grey area with regards to the legality of drugs including ecstasy, ketamine and magic mushrooms until midnight on Thursday.
The Department of Health issued an explanatory memorandum saying that as a result of the judgement, “all substances controlled by means of Government Orders made under section 2(2) cease to be controlled with immediate effect, and their possession ceases to be an offence. These include ecstasy, benzodiazepines and new psychoactive substances, so-called ‘headshop drugs’”.
Ecstasy refers to MDMA, while benzodiazepines include diazepam or ‘Valium’.
