Ireland still has a drink problem according to new figures which show that 53,763 cases were treated over a six-year period to 2016 and a separate study indicating the main reason for teenagers to start drinking is “to look cool in front of friends”.
The alcohol treatment figures published by the Health Research Board show that 7,643 cases entered treatment in 2016 with alcohol as a main problem drug.
The compares with 4,341 cases for opiates and 2,439 cases for cannabis in the same year, prompting the board’s chief executive, Darrin Morrissey, to state: “‘Alcohol remains the main problem drug that people enter treatment for in Ireland.”
Source: Noel Baker, 31/08/2018, irishexaminer.com
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