--- title: Ireland Plans to Set Up Heroin-Injection Centers description: The aim is to provide drug users with a safe, medically supervised environment canonical: https://time.com/4097731/ireland-heroin-injection-centers/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-03T03:49:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:57:17.312Z article:section: Health og:title: Ireland to Set Up Heroin-Injection Centers og:description: The aim is to provide drug users with a safe, supervised environment. og:url: https://time.com/4097731/ireland-heroin-injection-centers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ireland to Set Up Heroin-Injection Centers twitter:description: The aim is to provide drug users with a safe, supervised environment. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ireland Plans to Set Up Heroin-Injection Centers ## Video: Inside the World of Medical Marijuana for Kids [Watch (HLS stream): Inside the World of Medical Marijuana for Kids](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6Ic4KUCK.m3u8) (16:16)  _Published 2014-10-21. The story of a family's illegal cross-country drive to transport marijuana oil for their epileptic 3-year-old daughter. A look inside the quasi-legal, science free world of medical marijuana for children from TIME's Red Border Films_ by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Nov 3, 2015 3:49 AM UTC by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Nov 3, 2015 3:49 AM UTC Ireland will institute dedicated [heroin-injection centers](http://news.yahoo.com/ireland-plans-heroin-injection-centres-175042107.html;%5Fylt=AwrXnCGsDjhWEBIA0RXQtDMD;%5Fylu=X3oDMTByM3V1YTVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--) to provide drug users with a safe and supervised environment for consumption, the country’s Drugs Minister said on Monday. The Irish government is planning legislation that will allow the injection rooms to become operational by early next year, Aodhan O Riordain, the minister tasked with drug strategy, told Agence France-Presse. “It will effectively mean a diplomatic immunity to inject heroin in a safe, secure, passionate environment,” O Riordain said. With the first heroin-injection center set to open in Dublin next year, Ireland will join a host of nations that have instituted similar measures, including the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Australia. \[[_AFP_](http://news.yahoo.com/ireland-plans-heroin-injection-centres-175042107.html;%5Fylt=AwrXnCGsDjhWEBIA0RXQtDMD;%5Fylu=X3oDMTByM3V1YTVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4097731/ireland-heroin-injection-centers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4097731/ireland-heroin-injection-centers/"},"headline":"Ireland Plans to Set Up Heroin-Injection Centers","datePublished":"2015-11-03T03:49:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:57:17.312Z","description":"The aim is to provide drug users with a safe, medically supervised environment","url":"https://time.com/4097731/ireland-heroin-injection-centers/","keywords":["Addiction","Drugs","Heroin","Ireland"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/addiction/","name":"Addiction"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4097731/ireland-heroin-injection-centers/","name":"Ireland Plans to Set Up Heroin-Injection Centers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside the World of Medical Marijuana for Kids","description":"The story of a family's illegal cross-country drive to transport marijuana oil for their epileptic 3-year-old daughter. 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