"The Labour Party do not believe we can solve the issue of drugs through criminal sanction against the user. The issue of decriminalisation of the person should and must be at the forefront of our approach. Addiction needs to be treated as a health issue, not a legal one."

#AodhánÓRíordáin, Justice Spokesperson, Irish Labour party

https://labour.ie/news/2023/06/30/fundamental-reform-of-drug-policy-needed/

#Ireland #DrugLawReform #DrugDecriminalization

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"Following the adoption of a motion at our Party Conference in 2017, the Labour Party supports the principle of legislation for the legalisation of cannabis for recreational and medicinal use in Ireland."

#AodhánÓRíordáin, Justice Spokesperson, Irish Labour party

https://labour.ie/news/2023/06/30/fundamental-reform-of-drug-policy-needed/

#Ireland #DrugLawReform #CannabisLegalization