Senator calls for GPs to be allowed to provide illegal drugs to addicts
Independent Senator and Doctor, John Crown, has said medical professionals should be allowed to provide illegal drugs, such as heroin, to addicts or in certain medical circumstances.
Dr Crown said medicalising drugs would help clamp down on crime and reduce the number of addicts.
He said this is something the Government should seriously consider.
Dr Crown said: "There are as many heroin addicts in Dublin as there were in the height of the boom. Heroin addiction, which is really the fuel that provides the money for criminality in this country, comes from narcotics and heroin.
"I believe we should provide the drugs in medical circumstances to register drug addicts that will take them off the streets and decrease crime."
