Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the previous speakers. I see the scourge of drugs everywhere. It is about communities. Families come into my clinics heartbroken. Families need to borrow money to pay back the bills for their children who are taking drugs, which is unacceptable. We need to do campaigns and get some sort of help for these families and for the children or people who are taking the drugs. It is a scourge. If we do not get it from the community up, help these families and help those people who are taking the drugs, we are at nothing. I believe we are now in a crisis. I deal with this daily. It is really important that we get to the bottom of this.

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