Results of a task force study have found a worrying increase in drug use amongst 15- to 34-year-olds – a figure which has almost doubled in Clondalkin over the last year.
In 2015, Clondalkin Drugs and Alcohol Task Force (CDATF) commissioned a research study to provide an understanding of the current patterns of drug use in the area and explore the relationship between poverty and drug-related harms.
According to recent data amongst young adults (aged 15 – 34) in the Clondalkin area, rates of recent use in the past year of any illegal drugs almost doubled, from 10 per cent to 19 per cent.
Lifetime use of any illegal drug increased from 26 per cent in 2006/2007, to 36 per cent in 2010/2011 – whilst rates of current drug use in the past month more than quadrupled, from two to nine per cent.
The research mirrors that of findings from 13 other task force areas around the country.
CDATF and Fr McVerry both blasted successive failures in government, and expressed hope that a new coalition will finally address long-standing problems that are devastating com-munities across the county.
Source: Maurice Garvey, The Echo, 06/05/16
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