News (Media Awareness Project) - Ireland: OPED: City Faces Battle On Heroin Use |
| Title: | Ireland: OPED: City Faces Battle On Heroin Use |
| Published On: | 2000-03-30 |
| Source: | Examiner, The (Ireland) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-04 23:21:57 |
CITY FACES BATTLE ON HEROIN USE
THE report that heroin is endemic in Limerick is an alarming
development in a city striving to overcome its media image as a centre
of violence.
Perhaps most worrying is the finding that young people of all social
classes are becoming addicted to the hard drug which has been at the
heart of Dublins inner city problems.
According to Fr Joe Young the scourge of addiction is affecting all
social strata in Limerick unlike Dublin where it was mainly confined
to the poorer areas.
It is vital to beef up the citys under resourced drug squad and for
the citys social, medical and legal agencies to tackle this problem
before it explodes in their faces. It will be a tragedy for Limerick
if the lessons of Dublin are ignored.
THE report that heroin is endemic in Limerick is an alarming
development in a city striving to overcome its media image as a centre
of violence.
Perhaps most worrying is the finding that young people of all social
classes are becoming addicted to the hard drug which has been at the
heart of Dublins inner city problems.
According to Fr Joe Young the scourge of addiction is affecting all
social strata in Limerick unlike Dublin where it was mainly confined
to the poorer areas.
It is vital to beef up the citys under resourced drug squad and for
the citys social, medical and legal agencies to tackle this problem
before it explodes in their faces. It will be a tragedy for Limerick
if the lessons of Dublin are ignored.
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