Louth addicts are finding it virtually impossible to get residential treatment and are being forced to go cold turkey on their own, according to Ciaran Traynor, Drogheda Drugs and Alcohol Forum. With just 26 beds in the country, people living in Dublin are being dealt with first, according to the locally based voluntary group.
' There is no centre in north-east and to get into one in the city, you have had to have been resident in Dublin and signing on there to get access as a resident. That means it is virtually impossible to get into them from the northeast and people here in Drogheda are having to do their own detox,' says Ciaran Traynor. 'Addicts don't vote so they are not important.'
Heroin users who are looking to join a methadone programme can spend 14-18 months just waiting to join one, according to Ciaran Traynor, whose group tries to create more information about drugs, treatment and services, 'if there are any on offer' as he says.
Source: Christine Doherty, The Argus, 21/09/2011
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