The expert group tasked with researching alternatives to criminalisation said creating systems to divert people away from the courts will actually cost more in terms of garda and health resources.The group’s 88-page report, which has been obtained by the Irish Examiner, makes three main recommendations on policy changes to the Department of Health and the Department of Justice.
As previously reported, the group had ruled out decriminalisation as an option on the basis that, under complex Irish laws, it would mean de facto legalisation.
The report reveals the group made this decision even though international experts it commissioned to examine the issue recommended decriminalisation as part of an overall approach.
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, Irish Examiner, 23rd July 2019
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