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Ireland: It is absolute rubbish that cannabis is a gateway to harder drugs, the Dáil has been told on a Bill to decriminalise simple possession
Sathishaa Mohan
Irish Indepemdent
Wednesday 31 Jan 2024
It is "absolute rubbish" that cannabis is a gateway to harder drugs, the Dáil has been told on a Bill to decriminalise simple possession People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny, who is sponsoring the Bill, was told by Governemnt that he was prejudging the recommendations of the Citizens Assembly, which are to go before a Dáil committee. But Mr Kenny said the Chair of that Assembly, former HSE chief Paul Reid, had said on foot of its deliberations there was "no time to waste" and the State had to change course, He criticised the absence of the Green Party, saying it would vote against his Bill despite previously having standing policy in favour of just what he proposed. Mr Kenny said Danny Healy Rae, the Kerry Independent, had once more come out in the debate and described cannabis as a gateway drug. "I find that incredible that he says cannabis is a gateway drug-- he owns a pub." The remark drew lauighter from the public gallery, with cannabis campaigner Luke 'Ming' Flanagan MEP in attendance.
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