Skip Navigation

GRA welcome move on ‘curse of drugs’

Anything that can deal with the “curse of drugs” is to be welcomed, general secretary of the Garda Representative Association, PJ Stone, said yesterday.

He was commenting on Minister Aodhán Ó Riordáin’s plans to introduce new laws decriminalising drugs.

The minister of state, who has responsibility for drugs’ strategy, wants to change the law so people caught with drugs for personal use only will not face prosecution.

The idea was recommended by the Oireachtas Justice Committee and is based on a model already in use in Portugal.

Read more...

Source: Irish Examiner, 09/11/2015

Posted by Andy on 11/09 at 06:07 PM in
Share this:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • LinkedIn
  • E-mail
(0) Comments

Comments

Name:

Email:

URL:

Comments:

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Enter this word:


Here:

The HSE and Union of Students in Ireland (USI) ask students to think about drug safety measures when using club drugs
Harm reduction messages from the #SaferStudentNights campaign.
NewslettereBulletin
Poll Poll

Have you ever been impacted negatively by someone else's drug taking?