Cannabis planted near Cork Garda station in protest at continued ban

Activist is calling for drug decriminalisation and regulated safe access

Just this week, Mexico's supreme court decriminalised recreational use of cannabis. Picture: Getty

Cannabis has been planted near a Garda station in Cork city centre in protest at the continued ban on the substance in Ireland.

Cannabis rights campaigner Martin Condon posted a video to his YouTube channel, Martin’s World, which shows him planting six cannabis plants in plant boxes by Shandon Bridge at the end of Cornmarket St.