Drug Dealing
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-18
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Mark Ward (SF), Dublin Mid-West

A young person who is taking nitrous oxide is playing Russian roulette because they do not know the effects the gas will have on them until they take it. There have been reports from medical experts of the adverse side effects. What laws are in place to seize nitrous oxide canisters that are being misused and what are the penalties for those illegally distributing them?

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Sitting date: 2023-04-18