Promote non-partisan legislation to legalise and regulate cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol.

Legalize cannabis for medical uses 

Legalising cannabis for personal use in Ireland would ensure that individuals who choose to use the substance are no longer branded as criminals, reducing the stigma and legal consequences currently faced by users. This shift would allow law enforcement to focus resources on more serious crimes, rather than prosecuting non-violent cannabis users. By establishing a regulated market, Ireland could take the profits out of the hands of criminal gangs, undermining the illegal trade and associated violence, while generating tax revenue and creating jobs within a legal framework. Ultimately, legalisation would protect users from criminalisation, promote public safety, and support economic growth through a transparent and controlled cannabis industry.

Use PBP Private Members Business to push forward Gino Kenny TDs decriminalisation of cannabis bill which would allow people to possess cannabis up to 7grm.

Simon Harris needs to work faster to make medical cannabis accessible. There are already successful examples of legalisation throughout Europe and North America, and people like Ava and her Mother have already waited too long.

The Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use has the potential to bring justice-based reform to the archaic and abusive Irish drugs policy. However, figures within the HSE, Department of Health and the Irish Government are pushing for a new system which will see all those caught with small personal amounts of cannabis coerced into 'brief' SAOR medical interventions in order to avoid criminal sanctions. This policy will have massive consequences on human rights, bodily autonomy and basic dignity. It will also have disproportionate impact on: • Marginalised communities and people. • Medical cannabis users and patients. • Those in need of addiction treatment. The proposed system will clog up addiction treatment services, filling it with people who use cannabis and will result in people who need genuine help waiting longer. What we really need is a harm-reduction based approach to cannabis which focuses on safe consumption and cultivation, similar to what has been done in Malta with their cannabis social club model.

This is for the people of Ireland not to carry the shame and social stigmatisation that's attached for consuming a plant under there own free will. Look to america and Canada and around the world its about time Ireland follows suit and doesn't punish its own people for making a personal choice . Let the people have there say its there choice let the public have there input fairly as its ones own personal choice to make and they should not be criminalised for personal decisions in this day and age .

The recent citizen's assembly on drugs was a farce. Alcohol and tobacco kill more people than all illegal drugs combined. The decision makers should educate themselves.

We call for the legalisation of Cannabis in Ireland for both unrestricted Medical use and Licensed Recreational use.

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