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serving an eight-year sentence for burglarly, robbery and criminal damage to which he pleaded guilty. He was in Mountjoy prison but was moved to a midlands prison.
Mr Justice O Caoimh on Wednesday asked the State to outline what, if any, proposals are to be put in place to provide treatment and rehabilitation for the man.
When the matter came back before the court yesterday, counsel John Doherty, for the governor, read a letter from prison service director-general Sean Aylward stating that "for operational reasons" the man was transferred on November 23 last to the midlands jail, where medical services included two full-time doctors and 15 nurses who provided 24-hour medical cover.
Methadone maintenance was "not currently provided" at the prison but in any event the man had not been considered by medical authorities to be "a suitable candidate" for it.
Mr Justice O Caoimh, granting leave to seek judicial review, adjourned the matter for mention to next Wednesday.
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total production capacity of about 500-600 million speed pills per year, Mr Chartchai said.
Yngve Danling, the United Nations Drug Control Programme's senior law enforcement adviser, said the UNDCP has always encouraged all Golden Triangle countries to help each other fight drugs.
There was a tendency the smuggling of drugs and drug precursors would be prominent along the Mekong, he said.
According to him, the production of methamphetamines in Burma and the spread of drugs in Thailand were of concern but opium and heroin problems became less serious.
Budgets totalling US$1.8 billion would be set aside by the UNDCP to support anti-drug operations in Burma, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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