Youth groups urge Citizen's Assembly to back legalisation of drugs

Eddie D’Arcy of Youth Workers Against Prohibition said their group favours regulation of cannabis and cocaine, saying the latter drug is a huge source of income for gangs.

A coalition of 200 youth workers has called on the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use to be “bold” in its deliberations and recommend the legalisation of drugs.

Eddie D’Arcy of Youth Workers Against Prohibition, who has worked on the frontline in disadvantaged areas for 40 years, said the criminalisation of drugs has created the “monster” of criminal gangs in communities.