Bills / Bill 68 of 2017

Public bill

Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017

Current Most recent stage: Second Stage

How far it has got

  1. First Stage
  2. Second Stage
  3. Committee Stage
  4. Report Stage
  5. Fifth Stage
  6. Enacted

The five Dáil stages, then enactment. A bill that starts in the Seanad, or is sent back by it, can take a different route. How a bill becomes law

What the bill says it does

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977-2016 to provide for the decriminalisation for possession of controlled drugs for personal use and to provide for regulations regarding personal use; to establish a Drug Dissuasion Service to case-manage persons found in possession of controlled drugs and to divert people away from the courts by providing a system of harm reduction measures including drug awareness, drug rehabilitation and community engagement programmes; and to provide for related matters

This is the bill's official long title.