Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 February 2003

National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008: Statements.

 

Some of the laws in question have already been put in place. The criminal assets legislation has been particularly effective; so much so that we had representatives of the British Government with us in the past couple of weeks studying that body of legislation. I do not know if we can be more draconian in that regard. I would not have any difficulty in standing up to a civil rights activist on the issue. There are numerous side effects contingent on the addiction of one young person – the devastation caused to his or her family and, by extension, the effect on the community and the country. It is not too strong a statement to say we are in the middle of a war and must have the necessary weapons, in a legislative sense, to deal with the situation. If there is any other measure we can bring forward to put the people involved out of business, we must do so.

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