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AS IRISH LAWMAKERS PREPARE TO DEBATE MARIJUANA BILL, PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES TO
EXAMINE DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION AS RECOMMENDED BY CITIZEN COMMISSION
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Kyle Jaeger
Ahead of a hearing on a bill to legalize marijuana possession in Ireland, a
government-appointed citizen commission has released a report formalizing
recommendations to stop criminalizing people over drugs—a policy position that
the country’s prime minister says holds merit.
About three months after the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use completed their
review of Ireland’s drug laws and voted to recommend broad decriminalization and
implementing harm reduction programs, the panel’s official report was published
on Thursday, and the country’s taoiseach (the equivalent of a prime minister)
told lawmakers he will give it “careful consideration”
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who met with the citizen assembly’s chair Paul Reid on
Thursday to discuss the report and recommendations, weighed in on drug policy
reform during a legislative forum at the Dáil Éireann (a chamber of the
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People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny raised the issue with the Varadkar, stating
that the decades-long policy of prohibition has “stigmatized, marginalized and
criminalized not only individuals, but communities across the country.”
He said that if the government adopts the citizen commission’s recommendation’s
“we can change the course, and we can actually save lives and take people out of
the criminal justice system.”
Varadkar replied he agrees that prohibition doesn’t work, as evidenced by
prohibition periods in Ireland that created illicit markets with “impure”
alcohol products.
“In my view, drug use and misuse by individuals should be seen primarily as a
public health issue and not a criminal justice matter,” the taoiseach said. “I
certainly think that shaming people and blaming people and criminalizing people
isn’t an effective policy.”
The government isn’t obligated to adopt any of the citizen assembly’s
recommendations, but Varadkar said that he will take it into account and
carefully consider “how we best think that this report can be taken forward.”
Kenny also briefly mentioned a “very simple” marijuana reform bill to end
criminalization of possession that he said would be taken up in the Dáil next
week.
“We’re asking you to have a look at the bill—it’s very short bill—and to endorse
it and let it go to committee stage because this is the test,” he said. “I think
the days of lip service are over and the days of saving lives is on.” The top
government official did not directly address the marijuana proposal.
Advocates are also encouraging cannabis reform supporters to contact their
representatives in the lead-up to next week’s hearing and push them to back the
legislation.
The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use considered marijuana legalization as part of
its work last year, but a recommendation to enact the reform came up short by
one vote.
TD Patrick Costello of the Green Party applauded the release of the panel’s
final report on Thursday, calling it a “significant body of work which should
guide the immediate changes which can be carried out to improve services and
alleviate the impacts of drugs on individuals and communities.”
“There are several recommendations within this report which can be implemented
relatively quickly and do not need legislative changes, but it’s a matter for
the Government and Minister to no focus on implementing these changes as a
matter of urgency,” he said.
Beyond simple drug decriminalization, the report also features recommendations
for strengthening treatment and recovery services for people within the criminal
justice system and prioritizing research, for example.
Paul Reid, chair of the citizen commission, said the report underscores how
Ireland has a “once in a generation opportunity” to fundamentally reform the
nation’s drug laws and help people struggling with substance misuse.
The panel’s recommendations “are a strong call of action to the government that
the state needs to take a far more comprehensive and coherent approach to drug
use in Ireland,” he said.
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