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.