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Is the normalisation of drug use a slippery slope?

Is the normalisation of drug use a slippery slope?

Update: 2025-02-13

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Yet another survey has found that young people are drinking less alcohol and they’re much more accepting of drugs than generations before them, according to the Times UK.

But is the normalisation of drug use a slippery slope? We discuss further with Saoirse Hanley, Columnist for the Irish Independent.

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Is the normalisation of drug use a slippery slope?

Is the normalisation of drug use a slippery slope?