Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed)

7:00 pm

Ms Fiona Wilson:

We would, only because the whole purpose of decriminalisation was to try to be one piece of the puzzle to address the overdose crisis and fentanyl was responsible for a large number of those deaths. Excluding it would have been very inconsistent with the objectives of decriminalisation.