Heroin problem has ‘spread to every county’

HEROIN has “spread to every county” in Ireland with a rise of 130% in treatment cases outside Dublin since 2002, according to a new report.

Carlow has almost the same incidence of cases of heroin treatment as Dublin, followed by Laois and Louth. Incidence refers to the number of new treatment cases compared with the population of the county.

In a second of two reports, the Health Research Board (HRB) reports a near doubling of cases for cocaine treatment across the country.