The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use is expected to agree on recommendations to liberalise laws around possession of common illegal drugs
A liberalising of drug laws will lead to more widespread drug use and will not help combat stigma around the issue.host Ciara Kelly was reacting to plans by the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, which is expected to agree on recommendations to liberalise laws around possession of common illegal drugs.
The assembly will reconvene later this month before finalising its report and submitting recommendations to the Oireachtas by the end of the year.There has been opposition to liberalisation from the Gardaí, the Chief Medical Officer and much of the medical profession."There are individuals, families and communities that have been ravaged by addiction; and this is an attempt to help those groups and those people," she said.
"The problem is this is going to create more widespread drug use, and the pockets of problems with addiction are going to spread throughout the country.""The issue isn't the stigma... the issue is health problems, the issue is people's lives destroyed, people not able to parent their kids, people not able to function," she said.
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