The number of heroin users in treatment has reached record levels since the recession began and is increasing most significantly in the regions, according to the biggest drug treatment group in the Republic.
Merchants Quay Ireland has also seen severe pressure on its services for the homeless as a “rising tide of desperation” pushes more people on to the streets and into chronic drug addiction.
Chief executive Tony Geoghegan said the recent “steep rise” in unemployment and poverty levels did not bode well for likely drug patterns in the months and years ahead.
Source: Conor Lally, The Irish Times, 24/09/2010
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