Minister: It's High Time Cannabis Was Legalised
Irish Daily Mirror|December 31, 2020
Ryan backs health-based approach
Ciara Phelan
Minister: It's High Time Cannabis Was Legalised

CANNABIS use should be dealt with as a health issue rather than a criminal one, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said.

People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny has revealed he will bring forward legislation in 2021 to end the prohibition of the drug.

It will mark the first time in eight years that a Bill to legalise cannabis will come before the Dail.

This story is from the December 31, 2020 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.

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