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
Professor Bobby Smyth:
When I said 8%, that is drawn from the general population survey which includes the entire population age range. Obviously the sector of the population most likely to report drug use in the past year is adults and older teenagers. Hence the figure in the third level survey that was quoted is higher than the proportion-----