Home minister at BIC summit on drug misuse
HOME DEPARTMENT minister Deputy Peter Gillson represented the Bailiwick at the 9th ministerial meeting of the British- Irish Council, which focussed on substance misuse.
Hosted by the Irish government and held at Dublin Castle, delegates discussed current patterns and responses in relation to cannabis, new psychoactive substances and misuse of prescribed medicines.
They agreed on the importance of national and international collaboration to intercept and prevent the trafficking of drugs, illicit medicines, new psychoactive substances and drug precursors.
A priority was the need to respond effectively to the emergence and rapid spread of new psychoactive substances.
Deputy Gillson, pictured, said it had been a very productive meeting in finding out what issues other jurisdictions had and how they dealt with them.
'It was very encouraging that some of the issues they have, we don't have here,' he said.
