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Mon 10 Oct 2009Garda chief worried over rising heroin use
GARDA COMMISSIONER Fachtna Murphy has expressed concern about Ireland’s rising heroin problem after a series of hard-drug related deaths.
However, the commissioner said that gardaí had no evidence as of yet that recession was aggravating the market for hard drugs nationwide. Experts have warned that the downturn has resulted in many addicts who previously were able to fund a cocaine habit switching to heroin.
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