Admissions to a locally based drug treatment centre are up by 37 per cent with many new clients presenting with cross-addictions to combinations of alcohol, cocaine and benzodiazepine pills.
The annual report from Coolmine Therapeutic Community shows a sharp decline in the use of heroin in the Dublin area but a worrying increase in the use of benzodiazepine, a psychoactive drug used for treating depression and other mental disorders.
The treatment centre dealt with over 1,000 individuals in 2012, some of whom were the third generation of their families presenting with addiction problems.
Coolmine, like all drug and alcohol treatment service providers, is struggling to cope financially and is now calling on pharmaceutical and alcohol companies to contribute to funding its programmes and facilities.
Source: Jack Gleeson, The Dublin People, 04/11/2013
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