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. Brendan Minish:

Yes. In our submission we used the term "plant-based drugs" because this is about decriminalising the personal possession of drugs and there are other plant based drugs that people are consuming. We want, where possible, for people to come out of the black market because it is causing a great deal of harm to society, more so, in many cases, than the substances themselves.