Gardaí warn college freshers of the dangers of recreational drug use

According to the HRB National Drugs Library, 1,874 people aged between 18 and 24 entered drug treatment programmes last year, with 61% of these admitting to using more than one drug. File picture: iStock

Gardaí are appealing to students starting college and university this week to avoid the harmful consequences of drug misuse.

As part of their ‘Campus Watch’ programme, gardaí today launched their #Riseabovetheinfluence drug awareness campaign highlighting the risks of recreational drugs as well as the "anxiety, addiction and psychosis" taking sleeping pills or unprescribed "study drugs" can lead to.