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Hard drug use on rise in Dublin

Community groups say they are increasingly worried by a rise in the use of hard drugs such as crack cocaine and crystal meth on the streets of Dublin.

Gary Broderick of the Saol Project said that while many drug treatment programmes had been established to deal with the scourge of heroin, a much broader array of drugs were now in common use. This, in turn, was posing fresh challenges for treatment services.

“Heroin and cocaine remain an issue, but something as wild as crystal meth is now available and is being used in some communities.

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Source: Carl O'Brien, Irish Times, 03/02/2012

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