We need to improve our addiction support services.
We can decriminalise drugs all we want however people who are addicted to drugs will still end up committing crime to buy their drugs.
Methadone clinic waiting lists are long, waiting lists for public beds in rehab centres are long and out-patient services have huge waiting lists too.
We all know that people don’t go to prison for having a joint or a bag of gear. However drug addiction leads to other more serious crimes.
We need to invest big money into homeless housing options, building rehab centres and methadone clinics.
We also need to ensure that people are then supported in getting off methadone.
The war on drugs has seriously damaged the relationship between garda and the communities of Ireland, particularly poor working class communities. How much longer will we keep doing the same thing and expect different results?
Anecdotal and relatively small reason I’d support decriminalisation.
I don’t mind saying it publicly because it was a long time ago but I remember a friend of mine wasn’t entirely conscious after taking ecstasy. The rest of us (myself included) second guessed calling an ambulance or the Gardaí for fear that we’d be arrested or charged with some kind of drug offence. Thankfully, they came back around and were fine.
Fear of that should never even be a factor when someone could be in serious trouble. Decriminalise and educate.
Edit: Typo
How interesting these topics always call for debate on the right time uh?
It’s almost like if it all was a SMOKE SCREEN.
Regulation not decriminalization. There is no regulation in a illegal market.
Decriminalization won’t stop people from a selling shit product.
Well remember what Varadkar said about public opposition to the so called hate speech legislation they want to force upon everyone:
“the vast majority of people don’t make submissions to public consultations and so they’re not necessarily reflective of public opinion and can be influenced by nefarious “campaign groups”.
So, let’s apply that standard to Varadkars pet thejournal.ie, which is definitely among other things, a nefarious campaign group, and just reject everything until Varadkar and his ministers declare their personal ambitions and mindlessly follow along with that
What’s your view on drug induced psychosis Ted?
The media is stuck on this issue forever repeating that its coming just around the corner because they won’t hold anyone to account on this, what the people want doesn’t matter and they’ll quote some dinosaur to close off the story. Just like housing they write like they’re in constant surprise that our government has failed.
1k in fines for smoking a joint at Christmas.
As long as the “war on drugs” continues, I’ll happily advocate for violence against gardai.
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We need to improve our addiction support services.
We can decriminalise drugs all we want however people who are addicted to drugs will still end up committing crime to buy their drugs.
Methadone clinic waiting lists are long, waiting lists for public beds in rehab centres are long and out-patient services have huge waiting lists too.
We all know that people don’t go to prison for having a joint or a bag of gear. However drug addiction leads to other more serious crimes.
We need to invest big money into homeless housing options, building rehab centres and methadone clinics.
We also need to ensure that people are then supported in getting off methadone.
The war on drugs has seriously damaged the relationship between garda and the communities of Ireland, particularly poor working class communities. How much longer will we keep doing the same thing and expect different results?
Anecdotal and relatively small reason I’d support decriminalisation.
I don’t mind saying it publicly because it was a long time ago but I remember a friend of mine wasn’t entirely conscious after taking ecstasy. The rest of us (myself included) second guessed calling an ambulance or the Gardaí for fear that we’d be arrested or charged with some kind of drug offence. Thankfully, they came back around and were fine.
Fear of that should never even be a factor when someone could be in serious trouble. Decriminalise and educate.
Edit: Typo
How interesting these topics always call for debate on the right time uh?
It’s almost like if it all was a SMOKE SCREEN.
Regulation not decriminalization. There is no regulation in a illegal market.
Decriminalization won’t stop people from a selling shit product.
Well remember what Varadkar said about public opposition to the so called hate speech legislation they want to force upon everyone:
“the vast majority of people don’t make submissions to public consultations and so they’re not necessarily reflective of public opinion and can be influenced by nefarious “campaign groups”.
So, let’s apply that standard to Varadkars pet thejournal.ie, which is definitely among other things, a nefarious campaign group, and just reject everything until Varadkar and his ministers declare their personal ambitions and mindlessly follow along with that
What’s your view on drug induced psychosis Ted?
The media is stuck on this issue forever repeating that its coming just around the corner because they won’t hold anyone to account on this, what the people want doesn’t matter and they’ll quote some dinosaur to close off the story. Just like housing they write like they’re in constant surprise that our government has failed.
1k in fines for smoking a joint at Christmas.
As long as the “war on drugs” continues, I’ll happily advocate for violence against gardai.