Ireland plans to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of drugs, including heroin, cocaine and cannabis

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AnthonyW86 said:

The Fury said:
Dealing is the issue not possession. It's a nice idea but it depends on what is 'small', a dealer will get around it.

Actually demand is the issue, not supply. Without demand their wouldn't be any supply. And without money to be made, there would be no dealers.

But the supply creates its own demand in the case of something like heroin.   Dealers in dublin were notorious for giving small bags of H to school children for free just to get them hooked and turn them into long term customers.   Exposing this practice was what got the journalist Veronica Guerin murdered (its a great movie btw - I  recommend it)