What political party will liberalise Irish drug laws?

[JCSkinner]

Because it really is a when, not an if.
Obviously all the current parties maintain the prohibitionist stance of the status quo.
But inevitably that's going to change as more and more people demand not to be criminalised for partaking in their intoxicants of choice, and as the hypocrisy and squandered resources of the failed war on drugs becomes ever more unsustainable.
I think the Greens might be inclined in that direction, but will likely be wiped out so badly in the next round of elections that there won't be any in Ireland for a generation. By the time they'll be back, the laws will be changed.
Sinn Fein will likely remain opposed all the way to the end, wittering pointlessly about drugs 'ravaging' communities without any sense of irony of what their movement did to communities on this island.
But who will actually change the law in the end, be it in three, five, ten or twenty years time?
Will it be Fianna Fail, ever the populists, responding to a change in popular attitudes?
Will it be Fine Gael, allegedly the party of tolerance and social liberalism?
Will it be Labour, inspired by a sea change in their own middle class voters on the issue and driven, as they often are, to affect social change against the popular view?
Or will it simply be inflicted upon us by Britain or the EU making changes we couldn't oppose on our own?
What do people think?

[shutuplaura]

Unfortunately, I don't think any one them have the guts to do so. Its so easy to win voted by calling for tougher sentancing or rigorous policing. These get gut reactions. Calling for a mature sensible debate on all aspects of drug policy with legalisation/decriminalization as a stated possible outcome would be suicide.

The one thing that might change this is if one of the countries to which Ireland is always looking over our shoulder too changes policy in that direction. I'm refering to either the US or the UK.

If I had to guess though I'd say either the Greens or FG.

[Almanac]

I'm guessing it won't be Libertas.

[JCSkinner]

Libertas are not a political party.

[JCSkinner]

Bumping the thread to ask all party hacks out there if they are aware of elected members or candidates in their party who are in favour of rolling back some of our prohibitionist drug laws.
I'm not prepared to vote for a prohibitionist and I'd like to know whether there are any prospective candidates out there who take a different view.

[KingKane]

I am but no one will vote for me anyway.

[QuizMaster]

I can't see anyone doing it anytime soon, not even our lot.
We'll just have to continue being outlaws.

[JCSkinner]

I am but no one will vote for me anyway.

Good man, Dan. You'd get my vote anyway!

[Kf]

"liberalise" you say. You'll need to expand. There may be an argument for the legalisation of some prohibited substances but for others easing supply would be madness.

[White Horse]

I can't see anyone doing it anytime soon, not even our lot.
We'll just have to continue being outlaws.

Have "your lot" ever looked into the carbon footprint of drug processing and consumption?