Ms Niamh Eastwood:

I will add to Professor Stevens's point about Portugal and the concerns the police had about not being able to access information from people who use drugs about the goings on further up the supply chain. Beyond that, police also reported that there were better community relations so people were much more willing to come forward and have a conversation with them about problems in the community regarding drugs or something else because they were less concerned that their young people or a member of their member would be arrested for drug use. There is very limited evidence in this area but we are seeing that there is the potential, at least in that context, for better community relations so that could be a positive.