75% of Dublin heroin addicts also hooked on other drugs, study finds

Three quarters of Dublin’s heroin addicts are also hooked on other drugs, astudy found.

Merchants Quay Ireland revealed half of the users at its needle exchange programme injected heroin six times or more in one week.

The addiction and homeless charity also found 75% of users took other drugs, including the prescribed detox substitute methadone, benzodiazepine tranquilisers, cannabis, alcohol, steroids and cocaine.