What recommendation the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use will make is “really hard to call”, chair Paul Reid has said
“It’s all in the hands of the 100 Assembly members - including myself - and a whole range of [recommendations could be made, from] retaining the status quo to the other end of the spectrum - which is legalisation - and anything in between.
One group that has made a submission is An Garda Síochána, with members outlining their concerns about any deviation from the status quo.,” he said. “From everything they have heard and experienced - particularly the testimonies and the lived experiences - there was a sense that something has to be different,” he said.
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