Use of ‘highly addictive’ crystal meth confined to foreign nationals, say gardaí

Detectives are satisfied that the highly addictive drug crystal meth has not gained a foothold here but say abuse of the synthetic drug does exist, mostly within the Czech and Lithuanian community.

Last week, a 40-year-old Czech grandmother was jailed in Kerry for dealing crystal meth. It was one of the first court cases in Ireland involving the drug. Helena Givona, of Green House Lane, Desmond House, Tralee, was jailed for two years after she pleaded guilty to possession of the drug for sale or supply in August last year. Gardaí found 183 deals of the drug, with a minimum street value of €3,600, in ziplock bags inside a handbag in her wardrobe when a search was carried out at her apartment.

Comments

#1. Posted by Tim Bingham on July 26, 2010

Just because a foreign national was prosecuted last week should not imply that crystal meth is only used amongst foreign national, its a dangerous to assume this. I would have worked with others who used the substance in the past and they were not foreign nationals, they would not have reported this when entering treatment as their usage was small and didn’t see it as their primary addictive substance