'Sad indictment' that prison is best option for addicts

James Leonard said the lack of treatment and detoxification, particularly in Cork where he works, meant that often people were better off being sent to jail.

It is a “sad indictment” of Ireland where prison can be the best option for people in addiction, a webinar on the promised Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use has heard.

Campaigner James Leonard, of The Two Norries podcast, said the lack of treatment and detoxification, particularly in Cork where he works, meant that often people were better off being sent to jail.