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Published 10:33 25 Oct 2016 BST
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"Today, I'm living John's legacy and trying to help youths in the area of Ballymun. "We need to take away the stigma from drug addicts and look at it as a mental health issue. We tend to look at them and say 'You're low' or 'You're a junkie'. Personally, I think junkie is a disgusting term."The whole video, which includes some moving coments from Sinn Féin councillor Christy Burke, is certainly worth a watch.
WATCH - Dublin GAA Star @PhillyMcMahon on his very personal campaign to decriminalise drugs in Ireland and change attitudes towards addicts pic.twitter.com/xzwEPrdHO3
— Claire Byrne Live (@ClaireByrneLive) October 24, 2016
"We owe it to all the people in this country, in graveyards, that [did] not have the opportunity to ask for help," McMahon implored.McMahon's feature on the RTE show elicited a huge response and most of it was positive. https://twitter.com/Hill16Army/status/790842434930479109 https://twitter.com/CiamhieMc/status/790681379919040512 https://twitter.com/LaobhaoiseNihE/status/790679509548707840 https://twitter.com/thecailinrua/status/790678931330531328 The conversation is ongoing. It's a start. Colm Parkinson chats to Kerry GAA legend, and author, Kieran Donaghy in a special edition of The GAA Hour:
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