Prevention and tackling alcohol need to be main focus of next drugs strategy, department told

Participants were also keen for drug consumption rooms — currently being piloted in Dublin — to be made available 'around the country'.

The next national drugs strategy needs to put greater focus on prevention and tackling alcohol, according to people working in the area as well as former users of drugs and their families.

A consultation report, published by the Department of Health, is part of a series of documents being produced to help inform the development of the next drugs strategy, covering 2026 to 2033.