VIDEO: Cork/Kerry alcohol initiative to tackle abuse and offer supports

An initiative is being set up in Cork and Kerry to combat what is by far the biggest drug abused – alcohol.

Around 400 healthcare workers have just been trained to spot alcohol abuse and offer ‘coalface’ help to alcoholics.

HSE officials in the region have reported that alcohol is by far the number one abused drug, well ahead of cannabis, benzodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax, and heroin.