Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I have to say I found some of the contributions slightly depressing. I mean no disrespect to people but some of their views are quite out of date. There are myriad views on regulation or deregulation but, at the moment, and this cannot be disputed, we have a situation where all the drugs we speak about are illegal to have and possess. Can anybody say to me, with a straight face, that the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, which was meant to control those drugs, has done so? There is no control or regulation. One has a situation where the black market has filled that vacuum and has done all sorts of damage to communities. Can anybody seriously say to me that that system works? It does not. Anybody who says that it does is fooling themselves. The present situation is unsustainable and is costing thousands of lives every year because of the lack of political will from many people in Leinster House. That is a fact.