64 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent statement from the Drug Policy Action Group that the Government and Garda authorities need to completely rethink and liberalise their approach to the illicit drug trade due to the fact that current practices are doing more harm than good; if his attention has been drawn to the group’s analysis that the war on drugs is in large part being lost because senior Government officials, judges and the Gardaí at the coalface of the problem do not understand the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42844/06]

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64 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent statement from the Drug Policy Action Group that the Government and Garda authorities need to completely rethink and liberalise their approach to the illicit drug trade due to the fact that current practices are doing more harm than good; if his attention has been drawn to the group’s analysis that the war on drugs is in large part being lost because senior Government officials, judges and the Gardaí at the coalface of the problem do not understand the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42844/06]

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