7% have tried cocaine, poll finds

One in 10 men living in Ireland has tried cocaine at some stage in their life, a cross-border poll has revealed.

But people are using the drug less since the economic boom years — some because of its cost and others because of health worries.

Orla Dempsey, researcher with the National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol (NACDA), said men and women were kicking the habit for different reasons.