Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use
Citywide Submission - A Community Development Response
- Citywide Submission to the Citizens' Assembly called for the decriminalisation of the people who use drugs. It also called for the re-establishment of an independent Combat Poverty Agency, resourced to tackle the well-established links between poverty and drug harm: Download here
- Citywide Community Drugs Projects Video:
Anna Quigley at CA panel discussion on innovative supports for families and communities
Community Submissions to The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use
1. Ringsend Community Services Forum in partnership with Neurodiversity Irishtown Ringsend & Pearse Street - Submission
2. Clondalkin Addiction Support Programme (CASP) -
3. UISCE - Now You See Me Campaign & Submission. View all of the Now You See Me videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm_lCgEArgkwgeS-zXuS1_V8CLtTm2iEE
4. Pavee Point -
Developed in partnership with UISCE, the Traveller Drug Advisory Group and Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, this video highlights the Traveller-lived experience of addiction.
Information from the Citizens' Assembly
Website for the Citizens' Assembly: https://citizensassembly.ie/assembly-on-drugs-use/
Assembly Sessions - Watch the Sessions:
- 1. The inaugural meeting of the CA on Drugs took place on April 16 & 17
- 2. The 2nd meeting of the CA took place on May13th and 14th
- 3. The 3rd meeting of the CA took place on June 24th & June 25th
- 4. The 4th meeting of the CA took place on Sept 2nd & 3rd