She argues the absolute ban on THC fails to take account of up-to-date research done on such items, and impacts on EU trading rights

Gardaí described it as part of an ongoing operation targeting the transportation of controlled drugs into Midleton via public transport

Malta has decriminalised the possession and cultivation of cannabis for personal use by adults, and took steps to set up what could become Europe’s first cannabis regulatory authority.

The judge deferred the 16-month jail sentence on condition that he pay a fine, do voluntary work and keep the peace

When interviewed by gardaí, the accused “kept saying what he had was a natural herb”

The young person has just turned 18 but all-bar-one of the offences to which he pleaded guilty before Macroom District Court took place when he was a minor

After the offence in 2017, the accused went to the UK but was brought back on foot of a European arrest warrant

The judge sentenced him to 90 days in prison for cultivation but suspended it on conditions including that he stay off drugs

Gda Riordan told the court that he saw the accused throwing away a green bag while chasing him and the colour of the bag “stood out".

With drugs convictions starting from 2012, and on hearing that she is trying to wean herself off them, the judge said: “she is a long time at the weaning”.

There have been numerous hospitalisations resulting from products purporting to contain an active ingredient of cannabis, but instead contain 'a completely different synthetically produced substance'.

The product is CannEpil oral solution which contains both tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) a psychoactive derivative of cannabis, and cannabidiol (CBD)

€42,500 worth of drug found in two searches in Cork and Waterford as part of an ongoing operation 

UK-based woman was given prescription when her ADHD symptoms became unmanageable during pandemic

Gardaí discovered the drug in pallets of courgettes and hot chillis 

A 50-year-old Passage West man was charged with having cannabis for sale or supply in the area over two years ago.

Campaigner vows to continue his civil disobedience campaign as gardaí remove 'suspected cannabis plants'

Local musicians are set to play at the peaceful protest, which the organiser hopes will give "Cork’s diverse cannabis community a chance to meet and to stand up for ourselves".

Gardaí discovered 39 cannabis plants, with a combined value of €7,800, in a greenhouse

'It’s not if Ireland accepts cannabis, it’s when'

Campaigner returns to place nine cannabis plants near garda station just days after the first six were uprooted

The package of cannabis was delivered to a house in Banduff in a controlled delivery by gardaí and customs officers

The accused has pleaded guilty to having €2,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply in Bandon

Robert Sweetnam was found with €6,800 worth of cannabis in a GAA gear bag when stopped in a car at a Garda checkpoint

The authors of the European Drug Report 2021 also raise serious concerns over the emergence of 'designer benzodiazepines' across the continent

When the judge heard that the young man was caught with a small amount of cannabis, following the more serious drugs seizure, he said: “This lad has not really learned his lesson.” 

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Gino Kenny TD and Dr Bobby Smyth debate whether cannabis should be legalised in Ireland

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland in effort to debunk the 'misconception' that the drug is harmless

On Thursday, gardaí seized more €1m in suspected cocaine, cannabis, and tablets

According to the Chief Executive of FSAI, Dr Pamela Byrne, THC is a "toxic contaminant" and should not be added to any food

The drugs were found hidden in the panels of a van at Ringaskiddy Ferry terminal on Tuesday

The case against a Cork teenager facing a drug-dealing charge arising out of a cannabis seizure with a street value of almost €100,000 by gardaí in Cork city has been put back until next month.

Mark Brown was found with over €20,000 worth of cannabis herb, over €8,000 worth of cannabis resin and almost €2,000 worth of cocaine.

The houses were in Tipperary town, Fermoy, Co. Cork and in Blanchardstown, Dublin

Officers from the Tipperary Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by gardaí from Roscrea, Nenagh and Templemore said they carried out searches at two residences in Roscrea on Saturday afternoon

Officers say the seizure was made as a result of routine operations on Friday morning

He got eight years while his accomplice was jailed for five years.

GW Pharmaceuticals is the maker of the first drug derived from the cannabis plant to win approval in the US

He returned to Cork voluntarily in January when he became aware of a European arrest warrant for him.

A young man has avoided a jail term for storing €35,000 worth of cannabis in a suitcase because he owed “too much money” in a drug debt.

A senior author on the study said the use of cannabis at a young age can put young people at an increased risk of having serious mental illnesses later in life

A man who imported over €19,000 of cannabis with the intention of using it himself as pain relief has received a fully suspended sentence.

Gardaí say both the suspected firearm and the suspected drugs will now be sent for analysis