Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Not everything else has been tried. We have had a form of war on drugs for night on 50 years in this country. Deputy Durkan referenced the great Tony Gregory, who did stellar and immensely courageous work in this Chamber in bringing names to those people who flooded the communities upwards of 40 years ago. That should always be remembered. It is, however, four decades later and the definition of "insanity" is replicating the same approach over and over again and expecting different results. The same people who worked with the former Deputy, Tony Gregory in those early years now operate organisations, such as the Ana Liffey project or CityWide drug project, and they have a very different approach to combatting drugs. They talk about a health-based response. Often I hear in this Chamber of the Portuguese model.

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