Rosslare Drug Seizure

It's time to either regulate the market more than it is or cut the heads off those found importing significant quantities such as this.

I agree regarding the damage illegal drugs are doing to every corner of this country and the scumbags that run the show.

I wonder how much the French customs find. I use the ferries a lot and while you are queuing up before and after check in the dog patrols move along the cars/vans etc. Occasionally they ask to put the dog in the van for a sniff around. The dogs are very keen to find something as they get a treat if they do.

Cute doggie

Good catch from the Authorities. Unfortunately, it is a drop in an ocean but hopefully they will ramp up the seizures.

I'll repeat, the actor Robin Williams said "cocaine is God's way of saying you're earning too much money" and a lot of working class people enjoy a few lines without having to resort to theft. I notice you didn't name any town/village that has been "destroyed" by cocaine.

That's why I'm arguing for a change of the law, so that people don't have to support criminals. People jump off bridges if they're suicidal, they take cocaine for enjoyment, big difference. TV didn't influence me to take it.

This post is a great reason why cocaine should be legal, I don't want criminal gangs, travellers or not, to run this business forever, do you? Chasing families of coke users for unpaid debts, like I said pub or off-license owners don't do that to an alcoholic's family. By keeping it illegal you're making these undesirables wealthier and more dangerous. Btw I don't believe your "free taster sachets" to 16/17/17 year olds, It never happened to me or any other coke-user I know. It was a friend, not an anonymous dealer, who offered me my first line.

if you think legalising drug will stop mafia/gangs to get rich, you are mistaken.

About insanity, simply look at the US with their gun law. Do you think it works a treat for them?

Do you think we wouldn’t see more deaths if drugs like cocaine was freely available? And I am not only talking about overdose but car accidents, domestic accidents?

There are approx 17,000 gardai. Of course there will be a small element in ANY group of 17,000 predominantly male employees.

But because they are gardai, their actions get substantially more press coverage than if they were in a large private company and some people will then jump to a conclusion that due to a very small number of incidents that the force is then "riddled" with corruption.

and it is also true that some criminal elements will try and coerce their way into becoming a garda - just as some gardai will infiltrate criminal gangs so that actions can be thwarted.

But to jump to a conclusion that due to the actions of a very small number that this gives a super highway to drug importers is just plain ridiculous.

...they might be glorifying it, but you gotta ask, is our current approach truly working? this is more than likely just a drop in the ocean of the amount of the stuff making it into circulation, we re currently experiencing an epidemic with the stuff, with a significant rise in teenagers entering rehab, and even a very small percentage of pre teens, now thats scary sh1t!

great podcast on it....

whatever we ve been doing, it aint working!

Yes, both were illegal, like drugs, people still used/practised it despite the law, like drugs and they also involved non-consenting victims like drugs. It is a credible analogy, I'm actually surprised you don't agree.

How do you know I'm mistaken if we legalise drugs, have you a crystal ball. I'd love to see it tried for a couple of years, if the pros don't outweigh the cons by then, we can revert to prohibition but let's not knock it 'til we try it. I don't agree with America's gun laws, but that's probably for another thread. Car accidents involve excess speeding and reckless driving and should be policed robustly, whether drivers take coke or not. Many motorists here condone that by flashing their lights to warn others of a Garda road check. That's probably for another thread too.

...drug use is astonishingly complicated, but you can be damn sure, stress plays a major role for many, then of course theres the pleasure seekers, and everything else in between....

...we ve managed to stress a significant proportion of citizens to the point, they will consume whatever it takes to remove themselves from their painful reality, we cant keep playing this game, many other countries have gone down this road, and a right mess has resulted, parts of the us etc....

...i think those of us that advocate for legalisation, would wanna be careful what we wish for, it wouldnt solve all our problems, it would clearly significantly magnify many of the related issues, thats the reality of it....

like I said, why not try it first, we can revert to prohibition, if the pros don't outweigh the cons

It's a very complex issue.

Well currently in Ireland mental health services are massively under resourced and are struggling. I doubt legalising Concaine and other harsher drugs. Will improve the situation. That issue is fixable tough.

I'm not anti legalisation tough. I'm open to it. Your earlier analogy was fairly poor. I just think we need to know more.

I can't see how keeping cocaine illegal will help under resourced mental health services.