Citizens’ Assembly recommendations on drugs should be ‘expedited’ – GannonBy Cillian Sherlock, PAA Social Democrats TD has called for the Government to act “quickly” on the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use. One of its recommendations is “significant changes to laws governing penalties for possession of drugs for personal use”. “Well, I want to get stuck into it right now, actually.”Mr Gannon said it is “incumbent” upon Government to act upon the recommendations. “So what we’ve called for is for the actions of this report to be expedited quickly. Certainly the communities that we represent don’t want to wait that long.

Source: Irish Independent October 24, 2023 20:16 UTC