There were almost 10,000 cases of drug users seeking help for their addictions in 2015.
Official figures from the Health Research Board (HRB) showed a drop in the number of new cases but an increase in the number of addicts returning from treatment, which it said indicated the "chronic, relapsing nature of addiction".
As new laws passed clearing the way for injecting rooms in Dublin, t he review found changes in the types of drugs being used with a slight fall in treatment for the use of opiates such as heroin which now account for half of all cases.
The HRB said the amount of cases of users being treated for problems associated with benzodiazepines had trebled since 2009.
In 2015 there were 873 cases where users reported sedatives or downers as their main problem drug.
But also that year, benzos, as they are often called, were reported as an additional problem drug in 2,258 cases and it had become the first most common additional drug.
Source: Independent.ie, 11/05/17
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