Full judgement: Stanislav Bederev Vs Ireland, the Attorney General and the DPP

A Court of Appeal judgment delivered on 10 March 2015 addressed the constitutionality of section 2(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, which empowers the Government to declare substances as controlled drugs by order. The appellant, Stanislav Bederev, had been charged with drug offences relating to methylethcathinone at Blanchardstown District Court in April 2012. The substance was subsequently classified as a…