The numbers of people seeking help for drug issues who also have alcohol and other substance abuse problems is rising, as is addiction to recreational drugs such as cocaine and amphetamines.
Furthermore, there has been increasing diversity in people presenting for drug addiction across different social classes in recent years as the economy has improved following the recession.
That is according to addiction counsellor Austin Prior, who told TheJournal.ie last week that the “lines have blurred” between the addictions people who seek help have – regardless of if it’s alcohol, drugs, gambling or something else – where their addiction to one substance feeds into an addiction for another.
Up to 2013, for example, alcohol was the most common additional drug reported. Since 2014, benzodiazepines have become the most common. So people who have problems with one drug, are commonly having problems with another.
Source: Stephen McDermott, The Journal.ie, 03/09/18
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