Abstract

Ireland passed the world’s first blanket ban on new psychoactive substance in 2010. This article traces the historical processes culminating in the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act (2010) through a systematic review of Irish media articles published between 2000 and 2010 (N = 338). The review found that head shops were largely tolerated when they sold cannabis paraphernalia (2000–2008), possibly indicating the normalisation of cannabis in Ireland. Some mild condemnatory language emerges between 2008 and 2009 when head shops began selling some new psychoactive substances. The review suggests that the 2010 Act was partly a product of a moral panic, driven and managed by a range of moral entrepreneurs and, involving both peaceful and violent protests. Unlike some traditional moral panics, young people were not identified as folk devils but rather as under threat from a new drug distribution model (head shops) and new drugs (NPS).

摘要

爱尔兰于 2010 年通过了世界上第一个全面禁止新型精神活性物质的禁令。本文通过对 2000 年至 2010 年间发表的爱尔兰媒体文章（N = 338)。审查发现，总店在销售大麻用具（2000-2008 年）时在很大程度上是被容忍的，这可能表明爱尔兰大麻的正常化。2008 年至 2009 年间，当总店开始销售一些新的精神活性物质时，出现了一些温和的谴责语言。审查表明，2010 年法案部分是道德恐慌的产物，由一系列道德企业家推动和管理，涉及和平和暴力抗议。与一些传统的道德恐慌不同，年轻人并没有被认定为民间恶魔，而是受到新毒品分销模式（总店）和新毒品（NPS）的威胁。