Record numbers seeking treatment for heroin and cocaine addiction

MORE heroin and cocaine abusers sought help for their addiction last year than any other time in the history of records in the south-east, drugs misuse statistics show.

While the numbers coming forward addicted to alcohol and cannabis dipped across the south-east, there were marked increases in the numbers looking for help for abuse of heroin and cocaine.

The sixth annual “Overview of Drug Misuse” Report (2005), covering south-east areas Waterford, south Tipperary, Kilkenny, Carlow and Wexford, published by the Health Service Executive (HSE) South paints a bleak picture of serious drug addiction in the region.