Irlande : La criminalisation de la possession personnelle de drogues « ne fonctionne tout simplement pas », selon des témoins experts devant une commission d'enquête

Des experts ont expliqué comment, plutôt que de dissuader, la criminalisation alimente la violence et la corruption. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

The criminalisation of the personal possession of drugs was introduced with “good intentions” but the data shows the policy “is simply not working”, the Oireachtas Drugs Committee has heard.

The special committee has been set up to consider the report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs, which recommended the decriminalisation of the possession of all drugs for personal use and the diversion of people to health services.

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, program director of Drugs Policy Open Society Foundations, told the committee that countries criminalised drug use in the hope it would “deter people from using drugs” — but said it had failed.

“Look at the data, more people are using today than ever before,” she said. “It is simply not working and it is also producing incredible violence and corruption.

“It had good intentions, but we have learned it's not working. Now decades later we continue to do the same thing. It’s time for change, it’s time for countries to be brave.”