Comments on: Cork heroin epidemic not receiving urgent Govt attention http://deirdreclune.ie/latest-news/health/cork-heroin-epidemic-not-receiving-urgent-govt-attention/ Working for the people of Cork. Thu, 10 May 2012 18:06:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: shaun http://deirdreclune.ie/latest-news/health/cork-heroin-epidemic-not-receiving-urgent-govt-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-5072 shaun Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:12:58 +0000 http://deirdreclune.ie/?p=404#comment-5072 Cork is awash with heroin and I have witnessed this first habd. It is rife in all areas of the city and county and the fault must be placed to the Gardai. Although cannabis is a drug, it is a soft drug and must be treated as that. When the gardai clamped down on the cannabis dealers, this created a massive hole in the market. People could no longer buy cannabis so they tried heroin because it was available quite readily. While cannabis users would only need money for munchies after smoking, it is a containable drug which does not lead to major crime in the area. Heroin is a totally different ball game. I have watched a brother rob another brothers possessions for this drug. The dogmatic approach of the government and police is a major factor in this situation. It is here now and is not going away. It is too late for that now. Cork is awash with heroin and I have witnessed this first habd. It is rife in all areas of the city and county and the fault must be placed to the Gardai. Although cannabis is a drug, it is a soft drug and must be treated as that. When the gardai clamped down on the cannabis dealers, this created a massive hole in the market. People could no longer buy cannabis so they tried heroin because it was available quite readily. While cannabis users would only need money for munchies after smoking, it is a containable drug which does not lead to major crime in the area. Heroin is a totally different ball game. I have watched a brother rob another brothers possessions for this drug. The dogmatic approach of the government and police is a major factor in this situation. It is here now and is not going away. It is too late for that now.

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