Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 June 2024
Committee on Drugs Use
Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health
9:30 am
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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There is a black market still for alcohol and tobacco, even though they are regulated and legal. There will always be a black market for these drugs, but as long as the State completely shuns its responsibility around regulation, we will have this conversation in ten years' time and people will die. It is as simple as that. This is the question we have to ask ourselves.