decriminalisation

It’s set to come in next year. The Canadian Government has announced it will decriminalise hard drugs in small quantities throughout British Columbia in a way to tame an opioid crisis that has killed thousands. Planning to treat addictions rather than sentencing them, federal Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett said that an exemption […]

3 years ago

Same sex relations were decriminalised in 1993. People who were convicted of homosexuality before it was decriminalised will receive an apology in the Dáil and Seanad today. It was decriminalised 25 years ago. Labour Senator Ged Nash tabled the motion that asks the Oireachtas to offer a sincere apology to men convicted by the courts […]

8 years ago