Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

In the past number of days, there have been reports in the media about people having adverse reactions to cannabis. This is quite concerning but where there is no regulation, someone will fill the gap and that is the black market. It is in everyone's interest in respect of harm reduction and regulation that there would be a different model for cannabis. In the absence of regulation, people will have adverse effects from cannabis use because of the potency and because they do not know what they are consuming. Does the Taoiseach agree that we have to change course on the laws around cannabis and that a regulatory system would be better than what we have at the moment, where there is no regulation?

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