The Irish Court of Appeal has gone arseways and overturned a ban on 120+ drugs including ecstasy, magic mushrooms , ketamine, crystal meth, benzodiazepines and a fun range of the newer psychoactives. Meaning FOR PROBABLY ONE MORE DAY ONLY it is no longer illegal to possess a pingerload of drugs.
It is, however, still illegal to sell/supply/import/export said drugs and the whole party is going to be incredibly short-lived with a new ’emergency’ bill already being rushed to the Dáil (assembly) who will then pass it to the Seanad (Senate) and on to President Michael D Higgins for him to approve.
Ireland is in a state of emergency SOUND THE ALARM.
It all began with a man, a simple fellow who was being prosecuted for possession of methylethcathinone (aka 4-MEC, cat, snow blow – which is an active ingredient in some synthetic pingers), bringing a challenge to the High Court. Ultimately the government’s control over ‘substances which are harmful to health’ was found to be unconstitutional.
Said government have been trying to crack down on the craic/deal with the emergence of ‘Head Shops’ (like Happy High Herbs but less vegan, or whatever) in recent years and the new laws will undoubtedly be pretty unchill for pill heads throughout Éire. Health Minister Leo Varadkar said of the drugs set to be freshly banned: “All have very significant health risks that outweigh any perceived recreational benefits”.
‘Yokes’ – as pingers are cheerfully known in the Emerald Isle – was a heavily trending topic on Irish twitter today, along with ‘ketamine,’ ‘mushrooms,’ ‘accidentally,’ ‘legalised,’ ‘loophole,’ #yoketuesday and #nationalyokesday.
Sláinte and happy #NationalYokesDay to one and all!
Ireland accidentally legalised ecstasy for 24hrs. I’m listening to 90s Irish techno in honour of #NationalYokesDay https://t.co/fYFtZRXcqL
— Jonathan Cremin (@kudoz) March 10, 2015
Title image via the magic of Photoshop.
