Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

I support what was stated about the drugs situation, the death of Veronica Guerin and the brave acts of that girl who, as a journalist took on the godfathers of drug distribution and the drugs trade. Many of the young people who go to discos and nightclubs know the names of those peddling drugs. However, they will not tell because there is a cloak of secrecy over the distribution of drugs. Many people, particularly those in the medical profession, state that cannabis is not only a gateway drug, but has extremely serious side effects, not least mental side effects, yet others, some of whom have been elected, advocate the legalisation of cannabis. If ever society had a death wish that is it. Everybody in society is a referee. The confidential telephone number should be used. If a person has information he or she should blow the whistle. Those people must be put out of circulation.