'The issue is at epidemic proportions': Call for urgent action on Irish drugs crisis

A group comprising every former Drugs Minister in the State has called for urgent action on the drugs crisis in Ireland, citing the situation as being “at epidemic proportions”.

The grouping representing nine former office holders met in Dublin to promote their joint statement calling for the Government to “restore confidence” in the National Drugs Strategy, which has been in place in varying formats since 1996, in order to avert its collapse.