Hard drugs growth ‘linked with roads out of Dublin’

UNDERDEVELOPED transport links between Waterford and Dublin may explain why the city’s drug problem is largely confined to cannabis use, a local drugs expert has suggested.

Hard drugs growth ‘linked with roads out of Dublin’

Regional drugs co-ordinator Tony Barden said the drug problem in Waterford remains largely confined to the supply and use of “soft drugs” such as cannabis and alcohol, while the levels of heroin and cocaine use are the lowest in the south-east.

“Waterford still has an issue with the use of cannabis; other areas have moved on to harder drugs,” he said.

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