Residents of the Elm Park housing estate in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, have spoken of their desperation and fears following a full week of sustained and violent clashes between a significant number of youths in the area. Speaking exclusively to Gript on condition of anonymity, Elm Park residents have said that the situation has now reached […]
A Fianna Fáil TD has acknowledged that “gang violence” is causing mayhem in the north Dublin suburb of Ballbriggan, saying that organised gangs are engaging in “stabbings, arson attacks” and that “a shopping centre was effectively taken over at the weekend”. Darragh O’Brien, a TD for the Fingal area, told the Adrian Kennedy Show that […]
Those of us who live in certain parts of Dublin and other cities and towns will be aware that there is a significant drug economy. Lots of people it would seem use all sorts of substances that can only be bought from the people who are the Dunnes Stores and Tescos of this economic demi-monde. […]
Joe Loughnane, who is standing in the coming election for PBP in Galway, has put out a statement admitting that a recording of him saying that he had “sorted a lot of drugs for a lot of people in this city” was legitimate and that he had made that statement. He says that he only […]
More evidence, one might argue, that progress and compassion aren’t necessarily linear. More people died of drug-related causes last year than at any time in the history of the State, new figures cited in the Dáil show. 736 people in Ireland died last year of drug-related causes, compared to just 431 in 2004, an increase […]
The worker, who did not wish to be named because of fears for his job, said “I’ve seen and heard all about it (cocaine) from the moment we started work…”
Another tale of happy, modern Ireland, brought to you by the Government’s Health Research Board (HRB): “The latest drug treatment figures from the Health Research Board (HRB) show a 50% increase in the number of cases presenting for cocaine treatment between 2017 and 2018. While opiates remain the most common drug reported among cases treated […]
Drugs are not dangerous because they are illegal; they are illegal because they are dangerous. A child who reaches age 21 without smoking, misusing alcohol, or using illegal drugs is virtually certain to never do so. Today, most children don’t use illicit drugs, but all of them, particularly the poorest, are vulnerable to misuse and […]
Published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal, the study showed that most people taking sertraline saw little or no improvement in their symptoms during the initial six to twelve weeks.
WATCH: Solicitor Malachy Steenson says there has NEVER been a war on drugs, and that politicians and media establishment figures are doing recreational drugs at the weekend. “There is no political will to end the drugs trade and there never has been a war on drugs.” “Larry Dunne, one of the main heroin dealers in […]