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

Mr. Tom Murray:

Part of the education piece has to be around what is perceived to be socially acceptable drugs misuse and drugs abuse. There is a kind of snobbery whereby if you are using heroin, you are in one category, but if you are well-heeled, economically well-off and using cocaine at the weekend, then what is the harm? There is a whole educational piece around that in terms of recognition of where that drugs misuse and abuse is and around targeting services there as well rather than taking a tunnel vision view of what drugs misuse looks like.

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