Cathal O’Regan stressed that under their recommendation possession of drugs for personal use would still be illegal and an offence, but that gardaí would divert anyone caught with personal amounts of drugs to a health intervention

The Oireachtas has the "responsibility" to find a legal mechanism to implement a landmark recommendation from the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs — that possession of drugs for personal use should be “effectively” decriminalised.

A Cork health intervention programme has seen 189 young cocaine users avoiding a criminal conviction in favour of the rehabilitation programme. 

Assembly hears contradictory viewpoints regarding the increased use of drug in line with legalisation.