Young FG seeks drug legalisation

The youth branch of the country’s biggest political party is seeking the legalisation of marijuana for medical purposes.

A motion on the issue was emphatically carried at the Garret FitzGerald Summer School, organised by Young Fine Gael, in Killarney at the weekend.

The Munster Regional Council branch, which tabled the motion, stressed that it was not in favour of making the drug available for recreational purposes, but it supported its availability to help terminally or critically ill patients.