Time to change policy on drug use

IRELAND’S drug-related deaths are the third highest amongst 30 European countries, the Irish Examiner reported yesterday.

Such figures are both saddening and shocking. They are also entirely preventable.

There is a road map drawn by countries that have reduced drug-related deaths that involve introducing a legislative environment that places compassion above condemnation and establishes laws that alleviate stigma, thereby bringing people out of the shadows.