Labour leader Ivana Bacik backs licensed sale of cannabis at festivals

Ivana Bacik: 'There's a clear momentum internationally to adopt a more rational harm reduction based policy on drugs.'

Labour leader Ivana Bacik at the 72nd labour Party Conference Silver Springs Hotel, Cork. Picture: Andy Gibson.

The licenced sale of cannabis at Electric Picnic and other music festivals should be permitted as part of a "rational" approach to drugs, Labour party leader Ivana Bacik has said.

Calling for a "harm reduction based policy" on drugs, Ms Bacik has said politicians need to accept the reality that cannabis is now widely consumed as a recreational drug.