Actually a decent and fairly comprehensive article on this, surprised by RTÉ. Maybe goes to show the legitimacy that a citizens assembly can provide to a debate – can’t say it’s just some druggies banging the same old drum when it’s a citizens assembly.
Also good to see stuff like this be mentioned:
>If drugs are decriminalised, we must expunge criminal records stemming from drug possession, for example.
*The Assembly must consider the devastation that the war on drugs has wrought on marginalised communities. If drugs are decriminalised, we must expunge criminal records stemming from drug possession, for example. Ireland can also use the opportunity to address mistrust between working class and ethnic minority citizens and the Garda Síochána, emerging partially from the inequitable enforcement of drug laws and concentrated use of police powers in poorer, more diverse areas.*
Good God, do Irish journalists even know what country they’re in? They just copy-and-paste straight from American context without any pause to think about what they’re saying
Remember Aodhain O’Riardáin’s plan that would give Gardaí discretion if they could either arrest a person or send them to some HSE project that sounded like the scientology Narconan project? It was scientology thing to capture poor drug addicts wasn’t it?
Decriminalization to the government means nothing changes and the funding of criminal gangs is not threatened. Its guaranteeing decades of the exact same war on drugs while the government pretends otherwise. We need full legalization to tackle the problem of dark money funding secret police and the UVF/UDA alike.
I understand that FFG are far too scared and pathetic to stand up to actual violent criminals, but it is something they campaigned for.
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Actually a decent and fairly comprehensive article on this, surprised by RTÉ. Maybe goes to show the legitimacy that a citizens assembly can provide to a debate – can’t say it’s just some druggies banging the same old drum when it’s a citizens assembly.
Also good to see stuff like this be mentioned:
>If drugs are decriminalised, we must expunge criminal records stemming from drug possession, for example.
*The Assembly must consider the devastation that the war on drugs has wrought on marginalised communities. If drugs are decriminalised, we must expunge criminal records stemming from drug possession, for example. Ireland can also use the opportunity to address mistrust between working class and ethnic minority citizens and the Garda Síochána, emerging partially from the inequitable enforcement of drug laws and concentrated use of police powers in poorer, more diverse areas.*
Good God, do Irish journalists even know what country they’re in? They just copy-and-paste straight from American context without any pause to think about what they’re saying
Remember Aodhain O’Riardáin’s plan that would give Gardaí discretion if they could either arrest a person or send them to some HSE project that sounded like the scientology Narconan project? It was scientology thing to capture poor drug addicts wasn’t it?
Decriminalization to the government means nothing changes and the funding of criminal gangs is not threatened. Its guaranteeing decades of the exact same war on drugs while the government pretends otherwise. We need full legalization to tackle the problem of dark money funding secret police and the UVF/UDA alike.
I understand that FFG are far too scared and pathetic to stand up to actual violent criminals, but it is something they campaigned for.