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-----