Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion

Mr. Martin Condon:

Let us take the money out of it. Malta has a very good model whereby it allows a co-operative type model to be set up. A local community can come together and grow cannabis for people in the community who need it. That takes the money out of organised crime groups. There will be very little market left over once patients such as myself no longer have to rely on them.