Recreational drug use ‘feeding’ local gang intimidation

Recreational users buying small amounts of drugs at the weekend are directly “feeding” gangland violence and intimidation in local communities, according to a new awareness campaign.

The campaign — driven by a four-minute animated video — points out that this trade has a “corrosive” effect on entire communities.

The initiative, It Always Harms Someone, was produced by Safer Blanchardstown, a drug project in west Dublin, and launched at the weekend.