Seanad debates
Wednesday, 19 February 2003
National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008: Statements.
Alcohol was mentioned by several speakers. It is strange the way the issue is evolving. The drugs strategy is about illegal drugs, not alcohol. If one told the members of a drugs task force five years ago that it should have responsibility for alcohol, they would have hit the roof. They would have said the importance of tackling illegal drugs was being downplayed. However, there has been a change and local drugs task forces are beginning to involve themselves with alcohol and see the connection between it and illegal drugs.
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