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Drugs meeting finds ‘wide consensus’ on decriminalisation

There was “wide consensus” at a major meeting on the national drug misuse problem that drugs across the board should be decriminalised, Minister of State for the National Drugs Strategy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said.

Mr Ó Ríordáin hosted a “think tank” on the drug problem at the Mansion House in Dublin on Wednesday, facilitated by Lord Mayor Críona Ní Dhálaigh.

Representatives of local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces, service users, representatives of the community and voluntary sectors and the HSE attended the event.

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Source: Irish Times, 30/07/2015

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