Last year the Health Research Board reported that between 2011 and 2019 there was a 171 per cent increase in the number of young people receiving treatment for cocaine abuse.
The agency said following the fallout from the Hutch-Kinahan feud, which claimed 18 lives, the Irish cocaine trade is still mainly controlled by Irish gangs. Violence and intimidation are perceived to be associated with the dealing of cocaine in Irish communities, it said. The UNODC notes the growing participation of children, some as young as age 10, in intimidation, including throwing stones at houses and damaging cars.However, it said, despite some disadvantaged communities perceiving greater levels of drug-related violence and intimidation, “there is no systematic data to indicate an increase in violence over time”.
'Potential' for violence! For those of us working in our Communities that depraved violence is already here. The government is giving 3 million to the ICC and nothing to any Community attempting to work with our kids who are addicted or getting addicted in Rural areas
Everyone who takes it is enabling criminality.
Probably cheaper than fags
Yeah we done better here than in the Euro vision song contest Sure there's nothing new here reap what you sow Not going to change
Same way the small time hoods like Lucky Luciano and AL Capone got started. Prohibition.
But won't that have an impact on climate change? More violence, more homelessness, more drugs & addicts, more trash, human waste, used needles in streets. Ireland will look like San Francisco, LA, NYC, etc. Sweden has bombing & shootings regularly. The UN is correct.
Legalize marijuana and that will cut into that
Rich people , who else could afford it but politicians and civil servants.
Little spice boys with their little sisters jeans, snorting in some pissy toilets thinking they are Tony Montana only to dance like a fruitcake to Cotton Eye Joe all with the same haircut. Embarrassing! Times were different when i was a lad lol
4 th highest in Europe
🌨️🌨️🌨️ Snowing in Montrose.
Future violence, FFS the UN need to catch up this has been ongoing in here Ireland for decades now. No new news here. My book in part tells of those drug wars since the 90s.
Between this and the provision of mental health services in the gutter it explains a lot
When you don’t want to fund a Navy to police your waters because “Who’d be invading us anyway?” Drug suppliers. The answer is drug suppliers.
That’d make a lotta sense of a lotta things……
people are joint 4th at snorting caffine/taurine powder😂
We can be number one guys
RTE
If you've a kid between 19+22 in college there's 30% chance they're doing coke I think Frightening thought We have allowed drug use to become socially acceptable - that's the big problem
That explains a lot of what goes on on Twitter!
Nothing like a bit of crack
Get the greens to tax it, or whack minimum unit pricing onto it, that’ll definitely help.. after all, the greens are great,. All the problems go away with taxes.
And that's just the government 🙄
This is gas craic.
You what they should be doing now? Open up govt owned dealers kiosks to dissuade drug use.
4th? Surely we can do better than that!
That include the MPs in Parliament, London? The ones with an Irish Passport?
Gewan! Hup the Irish 💪 These articles seem to be geared towards blaming the public. Like we all out of nowhere decided to go off the rails. When that sheer amount of people turn to drugs it’s a failure of the state. It’s not some weird collective behavioural phenomenon.
I’d be more concerned by Irelands high intake of mRNA vaccines.
Introduction of random mandatory drug testing with immediate dismissal for any detection of recent use of illegal drugs for all public sector employees would deffo help reduce usage. Private sector should be encouraged to do same.
4th place is fancy talk for losers!!!
Guards to busy giving tickets for bad driving , no wait, what are they doing?
Go , Ireland, go .. we can be world number one in more than rugby
Well if they lowered the price then maybe we’d be first 🙄
You see, that's what happens when you live in a bankrupt country that's falling apart and where the government only favors the affluent and upper classes. People turn to coping mechanisms - such as drinking and drug use. It's a very elementary concept.
Compared to beer there's no calories so a lot of the gym crazy lads use coke instead
Bloody protocol
But but the housing crisis
Embarrassing and depressing to hear
officialgaa 😳it's time to face hard truths
Why do we get constant articles about alcoholism, domestic violence, obesity, suicide, depression, anxiety, child abuse, drug abuse etc. but there's never any correlation to lack of mental health supports in this country. Where do we rank compared to other countries?
If we pull to together a d sniff out the opposition. I'm sure we be no 1
Just outside the medals ffs 😡😡😡
Was there a poll or something ?
Let's all put in the green Jersey and get this you to no1
🤔Is this still a rich man drug?
Hardly surprising. Sure, the nonce site escort ireland has dealer hookers advertising on the island of Ireland on its website, being hosted and operated by LAZARUS TRADING SL, at C/ LEON Y CASTILLO ,Spain to get round the law. Party girl is code for drug dealer.
If we all just pull together we can easily by number 1 by next year
4th ah lads... with a bit more effort we could get the top spot 👌 🤧
Well if we think coke is bad wait till you see what's coming down the tracks, fentanol,trank its all ahead of us
That's depressing
Ban credit cards
I'm not surprised FG FF have made Ireland so hard to live in that people use coke just to escape the reality
Leo and his buddies
No wonder there are so many annoying peoole around.
Don’t ask why the addiction but why the pain…..
Really? And where do they get it ? Asking for a friend 😁
Yay!
Penalties are not tough enough for sellers and users. That would sort the problem. All money brought in should go towards tackling the problem and funding health care.
Higher duties on alcohol. That should fix it.
We will try to do better. Maybe a third place by next year.
Time for a minimum price policy 😂😂😂😂😂
The government should implement random drug tests for all public sector workers including TDs. Why wouldn't they implement it?
No surprise. Breaking Bad Ireland. Needs to get clean..badly. B4 nxt gen r even worse hit .
A scourge
Ground Zero for Coke use , all decisions taken here are the proof of it.