HSE's head of addiction services in Cork and Kerry David Lane told the County Joint Policing Committee (JPC) that from what he could see, working in the services, there was a decline in the number of young heroin users coming into the system.
Mr Lane said that fewer young people, in their late teens and early 20s were presenting to the HSE Drug and Alcohol taskforce for heroin misuse.
“I’ve been involved in this kind of work for a long number of years and I’ve been looking at trends over that time and things change, trends ebb and flow in terms of drug and alcohol use and in terms of what people are using, how often and the nature of that drug use.
“In terms of class A drugs, heroin in particular, at a national level as well, we are seeing fewer younger people, in their late teens and early 20s, getting involved in heroin misuse.
“So the age profile of the people we are treating across Cork and Kerry is seeing that increase in terms of that age profile of people getting caught in serious drug use.” Mr Lane said this was a positive to take from the ongoing issue of alcohol and drug abuse that is prevalent across the county and country.
Source: Roisin Burke, Echo, 14th January 2020
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