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Tue 07 Jul 2009Heroin seizures up fortyfold in Cork
HEROIN SEIZURES in Cork have increased fortyfold in the last four years while those seeking treatment for addiction to the drug have increased by a figure of more than 25 in a 10-year period, a meeting was told yesterday.
Senior gardaí along with medical experts and people working with drug addicts painted a grim picture of the escalating heroin problem in Cork with at least four deaths from suspected drug overdose in the city in the past five weeks.
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