And reflecting the national spread of the injecting of drugs, particularly of heroin, the report documents nearly 2,500 injectors in the HSE South region and more than 1,400 users in HSE West.
It found over 270,000 syringes and 135,000 needles were given out in 2012.
The service provides clean syringes and needles, and other items, to addicts in an effort to limit the spread of blood-borne viruses such as Hepatitis C and HIV from the sharing of equipment .
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, Irish Examiner, 14/05/2015
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