The illicit sale of prescription drugs in Dublin's city-centre has become a "far more significant problem" than the sale of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy or cannabis combined, the Lord Mayor of Dublin has warned.
Andrew Montague, who was speaking at an event to publicise a new Crimestoppers confidential phone-line to stop drug-dealing, said there had been about 1,500 drug arrests in the city centre between September and December last year.
"Only about 60 of these were for selling control drugs. The rest were for selling so-called legal drugs, prescription drugs.
Source: Kitty Holland, Irish Times, 22/05/2012
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