Groups concerned at delay in establishing citizens' assembly on drugs

Anna Quigley, coordinator of the CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign and representative on the National Drugs Strategy National Oversight Committee (NOC), said that while there had been some successes in tackling the drugs issue, the overall trends over the last 25 years were “seriously worrying”.

Community and voluntary drug groups are increasingly concerned at the Government's pace in establishing a promised citizens' assembly on drugs.

The pledge was contained in the most recent programme for government, a five-year document published in June 2020.