I'd like to thank Peredur for bringing forward this short debate, and I can confirm that I will be very much looking forward to joining his CPG. Peredur is right; the war on drugs is not working and it has never worked. We've remained at this crossroads for more than four decades. The reality is that our inability to have a grown-up conversation around drugs has led to suffering globally—the suffering of users, the suffering of communities torn apart by both Government agencies and crime cartels vying for power over the market.

I fully support the decriminalisation of drug use. The hard-line approach we have taken as a society for decades only criminalises people who may use drugs medicinally or recreationally without harming others, and criminalising those with an addiction does nothing to help them turn their lives around. It's important to remember that decriminalisation does not legalise any drug. Instead, it changes how authorities deal with minor drug possession and treats users as potentially vulnerable, rather than as criminals. Decriminalising drugs removes that stigma and gets help to people when they need it the most. 

We have examples, like Portugal, which Peredur rightly raised, that show us how we can make this work. And we know exactly what we need to make it work. And, again, I'd like to reiterate that Plaid Cymru will support and seek the devolution of further justice powers so that we can tackle this problem now. We need to get on with it. It is quite as simple as that. Diolch.