Brendan Griffin calls on Varadkar to head up cross-governmental cocaine strategy

Brendan Griffin said he had "many very, very difficult phone calls from heartbroken parents, spouses, siblings of people who have fallen into addiction, who have fallen on the wrong side of drug dealers, encountered major debts,” File picture: Julien Behal/PA

Kerry TD Brendan Griffin has called on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to head up a cross-departmental strategy to deal with an increase in cocaine use across the country.

Speaking in the Dáil this afternoon, the Fine Gael TD said that there is a “normalisation” of cocaine use across the country which is leading to suffering.