After the War on Drugs in Ireland

The work of IDPU and the Ana Liffey Drug Project, supported by the LSE’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund, has helped drive discussions on the introduction of a Supervised Injection Facilities (SIFs). These are legally sanctioned premises where people can inject pre-obtained drugs, under medical or nursing supervision.

On 16th May 2017 the Irish Government legislated for SIFs and then began the process of establishing the first pilot service, which is due to open in Dublin City Centre in 2018. The LSE’s IDPU team is now working with the Ana Liffey Drug Project to highlight the international evidence base on the decriminalisation of drug consumption as a means to further shift drug policies away from a criminal justice orientation further towards a health orientation.

Source: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)