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

The citizens' assembly made recommendations on diversion. If somebody uses drugs but their use is not problematic, it is a waste of State resources to tell them they have a problem, even though they may not have a problem. There are lots of people who use drugs but do not have a problem with substance use. We need to have a further debate on drug abuse and drug use. If people want to use a substance, that is their prerogative and to be criminalised and sanctioned is a waste of the resources of the State.