Drug dealers ‘seven-nil’ up against the State in war on cocaine

DRUG dealers are “seven- nil” up in the war on cocaine, a State addiction expert said yesterday.

Dr Brion Sweeney of the Health Service Executive said the State had “hit the crossbar a number of times” but had not yet scored.

Dr Sweeney, clinical director of addiction services of the HSE, called for a Guinness-style mass media campaign to educate people about drugs. Describing the State’s response to cocaine, the consultant psychiatrist said: “It’s seven-nil to dealers. We’ve hit the crossbar a number of times.”