Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 September 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Ruairí Ó MurchúRuairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Even a few years ago, before the Taliban decided how to deal with heroin, a local dealer told somebody after they had lost their partner, "Don't worry about the cost or whatever. I don't have a whole pile of heroin at the minute but I've plenty of crack."

This is my last question. Have the witnesses come across and increase in the use of fentanyl recently?