Methadone use falls but drugs issue ‘complex’

NEARLY 9,200 heroin addicts are currently in receipt of methadone, according to the HSE.

Methadone use falls but drugs issue ‘complex’

It has dropped from almost 9,400 at the end of 2010.

Only HSE South recorded an increase. But addiction experts warn that the figures do not mean heroin usage has dropped or that there are sufficient treatment facilities, particularly outside Dublin.

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