HSE to open one drink and drug detox bed for under-18s

THE HSE is set to open one drug and alcohol detox bed for under-18-year-olds in the southern region.

David Lane, co-ordinator of drug and alcohol services in the HSE South, said plans to open dedicated detox beds in the Munster region were “well advanced”.

His comments came following a report in yesterday’s Irish Examiner that increasingly younger teens are requiring treatment for abusing a range of substances from alcohol to prescription drugs – and heroin.