Minister: Ireland’s drugs problem is terrifying

Ireland’s drugs problem is terrifying, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, the junior minister with responsibility for the drugs strategy, has admitted.

He told members of the Oireachtas committee on health and justice that psychoactive substances were a constantly changing phenomenon.

Since legislation was brought in in 2010 to deal with head shops selling illegal highs, about 260 controlled substances have been discovered.