Dr. Des Crowley:

The new psychoactive substances are a bit like the old drugs we had with headshops. It is a drug that has got through that system because it is connected to a non-psychoactive drug. Like everything, the discussion is about whether it is regulation or availability and there is a balance and weighing scales with that. I assume the Citizens' Assembly recommendations came clearly down on the side of the decriminalisation space rather than legalisation.