Motion or amendment: Addiction and Drug-related Deaths - Amendment 2
Motion or amendment by Mr Gerry Carroll on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Carroll
- Party at the time
- People Before Profit Alliance
- Date
- 17 April 2024
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Addiction and Drug-related Deaths”
- Heading
- Addiction and Drug-related Deaths - Amendment 2
- Assembly identifier
- Document 398106
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Text
Addiction and Drug-related Deaths - Amendment 2
Leave out all after ‘addiction issues;’ and insert: ‘agrees that an anti-poverty strategy, coupled with concrete action to alleviate poverty, will be crucial to preventing and reducing addiction; acknowledges with concern the NISRA figures which show that drug related deaths are highest among 25-34 year olds, are five and a half times more likely in areas of highest deprivation and that opioids are consistently the most common form of drug listed as cause of deaths; acknowledges that the war on drugs has been a complete failure, has wasted public resources, and has ultimately cost lives; agrees that the Misuse of Drugs Act (1971) is a regressive of piece of legislation that incorrectly treats drug use as a criminal justice issue rather than a health issue; calls on the Minister of Health, in co-operation with the Executive Ministerial Committee for Public Health, to urgently implement the provisions aimed at harm prevention, harm reduction and tackling addiction within the Substance Use Strategy 2021-31, including developing plans for a new residential rehabilitation unit in Belfast; and further calls on the Minister to open an overdose prevention centre in Belfast, with a view to opening additional centres in other areas.’
203 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.04 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.96).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.03 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.03 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.03 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.96 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.04 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.71 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.17 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.07 |
| Disability (including neurodivergence and mental health), disabled people and disability or sickness benefits | 0.05 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 08:53 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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