EUROPE is not winning the battle against drug trafficking because each of the 27 member states is fighting the narcotics trade on its own, according to the European Commission’s top drug adviser.

THE EU’s first drug awareness campaign is to be launched next year.

IRELAND has the fourth highest use of cocaine in the EU, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) report.

IRELAND is towards the top of the European league for cocaine use, according to an EU report.

CUSTOMS and gardaí admit that record seizures of heroin and cocaine do not seem to be making much of an impact on the availability of drugs on the street.