The Number of heroin-related deaths in Cork city has fallen from 14 two years ago to none so far this year, and the usage of heroin in the city has stabilised, a meeting of Cork City Joint Policing Committee has been told.
Supt Tom Myers told the meeting that Garda figures for 2011 showed the amount of heroin seized in Cork this year had a street value of €32,000, which was just 25 per cent of what had been seized in 2010 when gardaí seized €128,000 worth of the drug.
He said there had been a clear fall in the number of heroin seizures in the city this year, and this reflected what gardaí believed was a general fall in drug usage due to tightening economic circumstances.
Source: Barry Roche, Irish Times, 07/09/2011
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