Ireland accidentally creates a "Drug-Purge" scenario (and some other funny shit)

Super Irish · March 10, 2015, 04:33:55 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/31822842

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Ireland has accidently legalised ecstasy, crystal meth and ketamine.

A legal loophole means that you cannot be arrested for possession until the new legislation is passed.
It does not affect existing laws regarding the supply, possession or the sale of older, more established drugs such as heroin or cocaine, just newer ones.The Irish Minister for Health is introducing emergency legislation on Tuesday night to close the loophole.

Ireland's 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act was found unconstitutional by the Irish Court of Appeal on Tuesday morning because both houses of Irish parliament had not agreed to the new additions, meaning that the drugs currently prohibited by the Act are legal.This includes up to 100 drugs, including 'legal highs'.

What this article fails to mention (checked from other sources) is that the emergency legislature is only going to rectify the problem by Thursday, meaning they are legal to possess for the next 48 hours (though trading and trafficking appears to be illegal still, for some reason).

What's even funnier (if you read The Independent, TheJournal appears to be patchy due to Reddit overload) is that another law passed recently has accidentally fucked up marriage laws by accidentally banning heterosexual marriages...

So, to get some discussion out of this other than "LOL", discuss retarded laws and lawmakers, and also; If drugs like Class A's became legal, would you try some of them (assuming pure quality)?

Mordo · March 10, 2015, 04:35:30 PM

I also heard Hotel's are hiking their prices up to 700 odd Euros lol.

Flee · March 10, 2015, 04:42:34 PM

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Girl of Mystery · March 10, 2015, 05:47:21 PM

Oh Ireland

challengerX · March 10, 2015, 06:17:53 PM

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Super Irish · March 10, 2015, 06:29:23 PM

Quote from: Flee on March 10, 2015, 04:42:34 PM

This has nothing to do with retarded laws and lawmakers though, this falls entirely on the court in question.

Also, the Irish Court of Appeals has the power to decide on constitutionality and declare acts void in that light? Wut?

Unfortunately I know very little about my country's procedures for this sorta thing, so I can't help you there. Something musn't be right with it though, as this isn't the first time something stupid or controversial has happened.

Last time I posted in serious about Ireland it was regarding a braindead pregnant woman, whose the fetus's fate was being determined because we have silly laws about the unborn. Don't know how the result turned out, but if this happened elsewhere I doubt it would have even gone as far as a court case.

Worth mentioning too is that anyone imprisoned currently/has a criminal record as a result of this (now void) act will stay that way because they didn't argue the "constitutiony-ness" of it then.

AngryBrute · March 27, 2015, 02:15:10 PM

Druggy Guy: "Hey Coppers! Look at this!" *sticks meth needle in arm*

Cops: "Have a good day sir!"