One of Dublin’s All-Ireland winning football stars has called on the government to consider decriminalising drugs to deal with addiction.
Ballymun Kickhams defender, Philly McMahon lost his brother John in 2012 after his heroin addiction caused a fatal heart condition.
McMahon has established a new charity, Half Time Talk which works with high risk youths and drug addicts to help them re-integrate into society.
Speaking to The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk, he said Ireland has the third highest rate of overdose in Europe, adding that we need to take a long hard look at how we've approached the problem:
"We need to look at different policies because what we are doing at the moment is not working. Portugal have decriminalised drugs and there has been a massive success rate with that," he said. "Switzerland has legalised drugs."
Source: Michael Staines, Newstalk.com, 14/11/16
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