Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Committee on Drugs Use
Intergenerational Trauma: Discussion
2:00 am
Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
I should mention that Dr. Lambert has also given us a very helpful bibliography. That will be online if members wish to have a look.
I thank the witnesses for their contributions, they have been incredibly informative. I have a couple of questions I scribbled as they were speaking. A question was asked about drug prevention programmes. There will be education and drug prevention modules coming up in this committee. From their own expertise, what advice would the witnesses give the committee as we approach education modules? I am very conscious that when walking into schools, sometimes when you walk into certain places you can feel trauma bouncing off the walls, almost. This is walking in and almost offering a "just say no" or "drugs are bad" message. What advice would witnesses give the committee as we endeavour to complete that particular module?
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