The EU drugs agency has published a report backing the controversial provision of heroin to chronic addicts.

EUROPE’S “cocaine bubble” appears to have burst — but the online sale of so-called legal highs is growing at an “unprecedented speed”.

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.

IRELAND is the third largest seller of “designer drugs” over the internet in Europe, according to the EU drugs agency.

SCIENTISTS could soon be able to uncover the real level of drug use in the population — by examining urine in sewage plants.

THE glut of heroin on the global market is threatening Ireland and Europe with a new heroin crisis, the European Union drugs agency has warned.

IRELAND is near the top of the European drug table for cocaine use, according to an EU report, but we are lower down the table for ecstasy use and in the bottom half of the table for cannabis use.

COCAINE and ecstasy use in Ireland is among the highest in Europe, according to a report, published yesterday, which revealed that cocaine is fast becoming the drug of choice for young people across the EU.

There has been a 1,200% increase in the number of cocaine seizures in Ireland in the past decade, it emerged today.

There has been a significant increase in the availability of drugs treatment in prisons in Ireland, a Europe-wide report found today.