Cocaine 'easier to order online than pizza' in rural Ireland says hurler turned counsellor

Former Galway hurler Justin Campbell, who is now an addiction counsellor. The numbers of people being treated for cocaine addiction has tripled in six years. Picture: Ray Ryan

Cocaine use in rural Ireland is growing so much that users are now claiming it is easier to get the drugs online than pizza.

As part of a new Irish Examiner focus on drug use in rural Ireland, interviewees have told this newspaper about using apps such as WhatsApp, Tiktok, and Snapchat to order cocaine and that, in some cases, the drugs are being delivered by taxi.