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Detox beds, not injecting rooms, are the answer to drug problem

It is now two years since Jonathan Corrie was found dead in a doorway near Leinster House. The incident caused much hand-wringing over the homelessness problem in Ireland. There was a call for more hostel beds.

But then we discovered that Mr Corrie had been offered a bed in a hostel by homelessness services several times and refused it. As more information came to light, it turned out that Mr Corrie's big problem was drug addiction.