The war on drugs is lost... so what do we do now?
Government research shows decriminalisation and taxation of our illicit drugs trade may be the way forward
Professor Catherine Comiskey Photo: Gareth Chaney Collins
Jim Cusack
Although the official Government line is that drugs decriminalisation "is not being discussed", the mounting evidence from its own research is that Ireland has lost the "war on drugs".
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