Submissions for onward referral to the appropriate authorities

Background

The recommendations published on this page relate to a decision by the Citizens’ Assembly (Recommendation #35), to refer certain submissions to the appropriate authorities. Recommendation 35 reads as follows:

Recommendation 35: Referral of certain submissions received by the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, in relation to the potential therapeutic benefits of certain substances, to the appropriate authorities for consideration.
Explanatory Narrative: The Citizens’ Assembly received a number of submissions from members of the public and stakeholders regarding the potential therapeutic benefits of certain drugs, including cannabis for medical purposes, and plant-based substances including psilocybin, ayahuasca, DMT and ibogaine. These issues were deemed to be outside the scope of the Assembly’s Terms of Reference, and as such the Assembly has neither deliberated on, or taken a position on, the potential therapeutic benefits of these drugs. However, the Citizens’ Assembly considers that it would be appropriate to provide the submissions received on these matters to both the Oireachtas Health Committee and the Drugs Policy Unit of the Department of Health, and ask both refer these submissions onward to the appropriate regulatory authorities and research bodies to establish the evidence base on the therapeutic effects of psilocybin, ayahuasca, DMT and ibogaine to inform policy and practice.

Relevant Submissions

The relevant submissions are listed below, in two categories. Click on the links provided to scroll to the relevant list.

• Use of cannabis for medical purposes
• Psychedelics