Crystal meth from Chinese laboratories has hit the streets of Dublin, it is feared.
Street dealers have been selling drugs that they claim is the highly-addictive substance at the centre of US TV series Breaking Bad in increasing quantities in recent weeks.
“In the last four to six weeks our front-line workers have noticed this trend,” said Tony Duffin, the director at the Ana Liffey Drug Project.
Its scientific name is methamphetamine and the users that the drugs project engaged with said they were buying it for €20 a bag – which would typically give the user four hits.
“A very experienced drugs worker said she engaged with a woman travelling in from Bray to the city centre to buy the drug and said that her friends were also taking it,” said Mr Duffin.
“A substance being sold in Dublin city as methamphetamine (crystal meth) has been analysed and found to contain MDPV (methylenedioxypyrovalerone). MDPV is one of the newer synthetic psychoactive drugs with stimulant properties,” explained the experienced drug worker.
Source: Joyce Fegan, Irish Independent, 24/09/14
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