Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 September 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Mary Seery KearneyMary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael)
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In summary, then, we need to decriminalise quickly. What I am hearing is that we have an overfocus on opioids as opposed to other substances, particularly cocaine, and we also need to be removing waiting lists. That is great.