Most young Irish people think that cannabis should be legalised

A new report by the European Commission has found that the majority of people in Ireland between ages 15 and 24 support the legalisation of cannabis.

In the Eurobarometer Young People and Drugs Survey it was found that 56% of young people would support the regularisation of cannabis.

This would involve an age limit being set on buying the drug, having its active content concentration regulated and only making it available through licenced shops and pharmacies.

In the report, it was found that Irish youngsters were more than twice as likely to have smoked cannabis in the past 30 days when compared with the European average. In response, 16% of those in Ireland said they had used cannabis in the past month. The average across Europe is 7%.

Attitudes to alcohol here were also shown to be more lax than those in across Europe. Of those asked 42% thought regular alcohol intake to be dangerous. While this was an increase of 11% on the last survey in 2011 it is below the European average of 57%.

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Source: Michael Sheils McNamee, thejournal.ie, 22/08/14