Heroin is now one of the single biggest problems facing homeless women in Cork.
It topped the list of the most used drug by the city’s homeless female population, with cannabis, head-shop substances and un-prescribed benzodiazepines next on the list.
A fifth of the city’s homeless women use drugs, with almost half of all women in emergency accommodation taking drugs.
Heroin was the most commonly used drug, with almost a third of women in emergency accommodation taking it, and all of the city’s long-term homeless women taking the drug. Just 11% of long-term homeless men take the drug.
Source: Eoin English, Irish Examiner, 04/10/2011
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