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# legalisation - Sunday 1 December, 2019
3 in 5 people in Ireland support the legalisation of euthanasia
Vicky Phelan has told the Irish Mail on Sunday that she is in favour of euthanasia.
# legalisation - Friday 15 November, 2019
Poll: Would you support the legalisation of euthanasia in Ireland?
Yesterday, New Zealand lawmakers voted in favour of making euthanasia legal.
# legalisation - Wednesday 17 October, 2018
Poll: Would legalising cannabis work in Ireland?
Canada is going for it from today.
# legalisation - Wednesday 6 September, 2017
Medicinal cannabis: Harris says 'it's not the job of the Minister for Health to be a doctor'
Health Minister Simon Harris said the compassionate access programme for medicinal cannabis will be available later this year.
# legalisation - Monday 1 May, 2017
Areas with legal marijuana shops have no more crime than areas with bars
The crime tends to be less violent.
# legalisation - Thursday 13 April, 2017
Cannabis set to be legal in Canada by July 2018
This would make the country only the second to do so, after Uruguay.
# legalisation - Tuesday 8 March, 2016
Cannabis social clubs and licensed sales: How the UK could earn £1bn in drugs tax
The Liberal Democrats have called for cannabis to be legalised.
# legalisation - Saturday 13 February, 2016
Where do Ireland's political parties stand on decriminalising cannabis?
Could Ireland go down the Portuguese route?
# legalisation - Saturday 7 November, 2015
Aaron McKenna: To hell with the NIMBYs, injection centres are a great idea
Injection centres are not just services for addicts.They are services for every decent person who wants needles and users off the streets.
# legalisation - Tuesday 11 August, 2015
'Prostitution should be legal because men want more sex than women'
An expert has proposed the controversial idea.
# legalisation - Wednesday 3 June, 2015
Belfast City Council votes in favour of same-sex marriage
The vote went 38 in favour, 13 against with two abstentions.
# legalisation - Monday 19 January, 2015
Timeline: A history of gay rights in Ireland
Leo Varadkar becoming Ireland’s first openly gay minister comes 22 years after the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland.
# legalisation - Friday 22 August, 2014
Most young Irish people think that cannabis should be legalised
A new study by the European Commission has also found that use of legal highs was three times the European average.
# legalisation - Thursday 8 May, 2014
Cannabis growers in Colorado are struggling for financing, could co-ops be the answer?
Growing marijauna is an expensive business and banks don’t want to help.
# legalisation - Saturday 1 March, 2014
Fine Gael says 'yes' to same-sex marriage but 'no' to legalising cannabis
Alan Shatter has been warmly received by delegates at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis in Dublin today.
# legalisation - Wednesday 1 January, 2014
Legal recreational 'pot shops' open in Colorado
Business owners opened their doors to shoppers at 8am, with 25 pot shops in eight towns opening today.
# legalisation - Wednesday 11 December, 2013
Uruguay world's first country to legalise marijuana trade
Growing, selling, distribution and possession are now all legal within the South American nation’s borders.
# legalisation - Saturday 26 October, 2013
FG TD slams Technical Group for facilitating debate on Ming's Cannabis Bill
But one independent TD said we should not be afraid of “mature debate” on a bill that proposes the legalise and regulate the sale of cannabis in Ireland.
# legalisation - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Bressie clarifies 'legalisation of cannabis' comments
Niall Breslin has said that comments he made in a Hot Press interview have been “twisted”.
# legalisation - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
Column: Prohibiting drugs hasn’t worked – so why are we still trying?
Making drugs illegal has done little but enrich criminals and sow violence. We need a proper debate on legalisation – and soon, writes Danny Kushlick.
# legalisation - Wednesday 9 November, 2011
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan wears hemp suit in the Dáil
The TD had the suit specially made by Louis Copeland to highlight the ten year anniversary of his cannabis crusade.
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Poll: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
CONCERTS AND MANY other events have, of course, been cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Images of a socially-distanced concert in England were widely shared during the week.
Fans at the Sam Fender concert at the Virgin Money Unity Arena, a pop-up venue in Gosforth Park, Newcastle, watched the outdoor concert in groups of up to five people from 500 separate raised metal platforms.
Promoters described the event as the world’s first socially-distanced gig. Some people thought the layout looked great, while others were not so sure.
We want to know: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
Poll Results:
Yes (3701)
No (3089)
I'm not sure (492)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'The rhetoric of “all being in it together” is dead'
By Dr Anthony O'Connor - @Antcon7062
Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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