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GARDAÍ HAVE SEIZED €240,000 worth of cannabis in the Carlow area as part of their ongoing investigation into the cultivation of cannabis in Ireland.
The seizure took place at a house in Old Burrin in Carlow town with approximately 300 cannabis plants at various stages of growth seized.
Gardaí estimate the plants would have a street value of €240,000 pending analysis.
A technical examination of the scene where the plants were seized is under way and enquiries are ongoing, gardaí add.
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240,000 euro not taxed or regulated in the hands of the drug dealers. It’s HIGH time we change this law
How much cannabis would remain on the black market though?
The amount that people can grow, the rest is sold in medicinal dispensaries, pharmacies and coffeeshops.
@chucky.arla very little id say.the current stuff on the market is mixed to maximise profits.if people could legally buy higher quality weed then noone would but on the black market.
Seems to have been a lot of cannabis factories found in Carlow recently, the new Jamaica of Ireland
And we have the GAA colours to add fuel to your comment.
I’m strangely proud as a local man!
How many do they have to find before they finally say.
A) half the country is smoking weed
B) we can’t win this.
C) Lets make some money our of this and abolish the home owner tax
We’ll wait till till the rest of the world has done it, consult with the Church and think about it a while longer. It causes less trouble, than Alcohol does! Legalise it before the riots begin and put it in gas cannisters!
Too right!
the country would loose out in the long term. people would end up terminally ill with lung cancers, and the counry would be full of mentally ill potheads
It hasn’t happened yet. Same Ireland as I have known in about 30 years.
Smokers smoke, drinkers drink. My oul fella won’t be running in to buy any if it becomes legal.
And I can’t accept an argument about “the kids” as they can get it easier than anyone as it is.
I don’t care if they do or they don’t, I’ll be ok.
@Musclehead, If there was any truth in that? Then you’d die a happy man, how bad!
Padraig considering you can’t even spell country your not fit to discuss this matter any further.
Go away with your “pot heads”.
Usually people who smoke weed think half the country smokes it as well. We don’t.
But it makes you feel better claiming it is true.
It’s not.
Ok Seamus, here’s a little bit of maths for you.
If we take this as an average grow operation and assume that you can get an average of 1 ounce from each plant (a fairly substantial under estimate if they are grown properly) and the fact that on average about 10% of drugs are actually seized by officials anywhere in the world it totals up something like this.
300 ounces x 400 grow houses a year average located by Gardai x 10 = 1,200,000 ounces
Now 1 metric ton = 32,000 ounces so that is -
1,200,000 / 32,000 = 37 tonnes
That is a huge amount of cannabis.
Ok I’ve informed by a family member that there are in fact 35,274 oz in a ton. Apparently there are 32,000 FLUID ounces in an American tonne. Those crazy Americans weighing liquid.
So we have to lower our original total.
1,200,000 / 35,274 = 34.019 tons
Not much of a difference. I think the point still stands.
The point will always still stand on the basis that supply has never went away. I’ve seen small time bags sold across the country and the price doesn’t go up, quality doesn’t go down.
Cannabis never goes away because the gardai lost years ago.
I don’t smoke it and don’t enjoy the smell of it..but it’s high time we legalise the stuff! (No pun intended..)
So we’ll take that garda estimate and divide by two for the ‘actual’ street value!
I would say divide it by about 20
And then by 20 again.
Legalise it – it grows naturally
Save Gardai time and resources, less prison spaces taken up and put pushers out of business. Plus revenue for the state, put that in your pipe and smoke it Enda!
That’s the extent of the argument? It grows naturally?
I have a lot of weeds growing naturally in my garden, they don’t have the same effect and nettles sting!
Robin the extend of the argument is online. Look at the facts and you will end up supporting it yourself.
No I won’t.
Well then theres no point trying to inform a boob that’s only gonna reject whatever they’re told
If I told you something and you disagreed with it, would it entitle me to abuse you Kev?
Clearly, the arguments to legalise cannabis aren’t that convincing, since its still illegal almost everywhere, despite the cost of policing and lost tax revenue.
legalise the stuff ,take the money out of the criminals hands and tax made from it put into our failing hospitals.Regardless of what people think theyll never stop the black market for this stuff
what about the lung cancer and mentally ill potheads? would the country not loose out in the long run?
Ignorant, stupid, repetative, unimaginative, banal..
Padraig it doesn’t cause mental illness nor does it cause lung cancer.
Drink kills brain cells and smokes cause cancer get your facts straight.
Padraig why are you repeatedly posting the same comment about lung cancer, which it doesn’t cause and mental illness, which it also doesn’t cause. You can get lung cancer from smoking cigarettes yeah, but you can mix pot into lovely brownie mix, bake for 30 minutes and you have delicious lung cancer free space cakes, you should try one, sounds like you need one!
Regarding the country losing out in the long run, go visit da dam- there marijuana mushrooms and prostitutes are as legal as a bottle of whiskey is over here. The difference is that buses run on time in Amsterdam
About the only thing that grew thus year with the bloody weather. Can you claim this on Reps?
The lads in the pub are allways singing the green green grass at home, I wonder do they do any work in the garden.
You’re a tit.
what about the boys on the board? and the boys downtown?
To Dunblinlad72, your a w@nker.
Another alleged grow house found in Carlow New Year’s Eve but not featured in the Media. Located following fire in Pollerton area.
Can you imagine, trying to put out that fire?
Pat, T’Was on KCLR FM that the Fire & Cannabis Find was in Sandhills on Hacketstown Rd. Could be them houses behind Chemco/Supervalu perhaps?
Reported on KCLR96FM when it happened!
Not good news for The Gathering.
There will be an influx of expats from Jamaica.
Apparently we have the best shit..
The Gathering has nothing to do with weed?
ah it does….
sorry, I’m mashed again
Lay off the drink
If that was my weed, I’d refuse to pay the ESB as a protest! That’d bankrupt them.
with all the problems we have with alcohol throughout the western world i really feel weed could be a savior. many alcoholics may change to weed so live longer.no more drunken fights,no more alcohol related car accidents and no more domestic violence.
weed is bad for early teens and motivation.alot less worse than other prducts out there
I love these articles when you can see just how many people in this country can think logically and agree to legalise it! As usual the people are one step ahead of the government!
cocaine,heroin,prostitution,bank malpractice,political ineptitude,alcohol dependence ,LEGAL vehicle odometer rigging,social division ,the list goes on with the woes this country has ,and the one “social ill” which is being tackled continuously is weed ,EASY TARGET! and it’s the only one which can have a positive impact with its legalization ,we now know the facts,legalize!!
Ah just free the bleedin’ like !
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