Senator Ó Murchú spoke about role models and the reasons for taking drugs. As it is difficult to get through to young people on this issue, role models could help by speaking of the dangers of drugs. Some dabble in drugs, perhaps at student level, and manage to escape again. In a survey of students very few of those using soft drugs such as cannabis thought it was harmful. They saw themselves as dabbling for a while and then giving it up to concentrate on their studies. Those using it thought they could walk away and that it was something that could be messed around with for a couple of months. Sadly, while drugs may do some no harm, others get trapped and do not walk away. That is the difficulty.