Legalisation of narcotics up for debate

STAUNCH opponents of drugs will clash with campaigners advocating the legalisation of narcotic substances at a controversial debate this evening.

The father of a man who jumped to his death from a third-floor balcony after consuming magic mushrooms will be among those arguing against legalising drugs.

Colm Hodkinson, aged 33, grew severely unwell within minutes of taking just a few hallucinogenic mushrooms for the first time at his apartment in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.