Campaign group calls for state investment in areas scourged by drugs

CityWide's Anna Quigley has urged 'a fundamental change' in how society addresses drug use, including removing the offence of 'possession' from current drugs legislation. Picture: Jim Berkeley

The political response to the report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use must involve a “major investment in community development” as well as the decriminalisation of drugs for personal use, a national community organisation has said.

The CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign called for the immediate establishment of an Oireachtas Committee on Drugs, which will be tasked by the Government to examine the report and identify how its recommendations can be implemented.