Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is slightly nuanced around that. I think this is what Mr. Reid is reflecting but is it a case that the policing position regarding decriminalistation is that this is going to essentially normalise drug use in society and open the floodgates to informal drug use right across society? Despite everything the assembly has done, we have not been provided with the empirical evidence that tells us that will not happen. If we take away the safeguards, they cannot be re-implemented. Would Mr. Reid say that that is the position of the police?