Seizures of benzodiazepines, a group of anti-anxiety medication, jumped 11-fold between 2013 and 2015, while seizures of so-called Z-drugs, a group of hypnotics, rose six-fold in the same time period.
Statistics provided by the Health Products Regulatory Authority show:
Seized quantities of benzodiazepines jumped from 36,263, in 2013, to 160,175, in 2014 and to 413,203, in 2015;
Seized quantities of Z-drugs increased from 126,292, in 2013, to 156,251, in 2014, soaring to 794,769, in 2015.
Zopiclone accounts for most of the drugs seized in this category.
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, The Examiner, 3/12/16
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