Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 September 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Lynn RuaneLynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr Murray.

To move on from that, I was really delighted to see the sentence "human-rights based" in there. What does that look like in real terms? We had a conversation regarding alternatives to methadone as a treatment being readily available but some communication to me indicates there is no choice on that. It is health-rights-based but then there is no choice in that about whether you are going to get methadone or you can go in and have some agency or autonomy to say you would rather try Suboxone or one of the other forms. From that perspective, when somebody goes in and is being put on an OST treatment, can they chose in that moment which one they try or is methadone cheaper or more readily available? Is there a price thing or anything in that?

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