Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Jim Doherty:
-----to deal with that. Yes, we have volunteers and local representatives. We are in a very good position to do the best we can on the issue of drug-related intimidation but our communities are also the location of the drugs industry. We all know that drug use has spread right across the island of Ireland and in the most affluent areas, you can find cocaine on the toilet cisterns and so on. There is only a small number of areas, however, where you can find the importation, supply, distribution and battles for control of the drug industry. They are in the areas that we serve.
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