Heroin on offer at €25 a bag in Midlands towns

HEROIN can be obtained easily in Athlone and Portlaoise for €25 a bag, according to a report published yesterday.

However, the report did not confirm earlier research that there were between 80 and 300 heroin users in Athlone and between 70 and 150 in Portlaoise.

“Entire families have been negatively affected. Adolescents are reported in both towns to be experimenting with smoking heroin,” said co-authors Dr McElwee and Gráinne Monaghan.