British businessman Richard Branson has said the decriminalisation of drugs in Ireland would lead to a sea change in public attitudes on a similar scale as that which followed the same sex-marriage referendum.
British businessman Richard Branson has said the decriminalisation of drugs in Ireland would lead to a sea change in public attitudes on a similar scale as that which followed the same sex-marriage referendum.
Mr Branson, speaking at an event organised by the Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign in Dublin at the weekend, said the abolition of criminal penalties for drugs offences would become a “non-issue” for the public once it takes place.
“There was a big debate here about gay marriage,” he said. “It passed and now it is a non-issue here. In countries where decriminalisation happened, it is now a non-issue in those places. If it is decriminalised here, it will become a non-issue.
“Politicians should be brave and get this thing pushed through,” Mr Branson, who is a member of the Global Commission on Drugs, told a crowd of approximately 50 people. “When it is, it will be there forever and a lot of misery will be lifted.”
Source: Colin Gleeson, Irish Times, 07/09/15
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