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Drug use in UK has increased 50% since the end of Covid restrictions

Drug use among young people in the UK has risen by 50 percent since the end of Covid-19 restrictions The stats also found that One in three 16 to 25-year-olds used an illegal drug in the past year. So is Ireland seeing a similar increase? Dr Garrett...

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07.00 4 Oct 2022


Drug use in UK has increased 50% since the end of Covid restrictions


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Drug use among young people in the UK has risen by 50 percent since the end of Covid-19 restrictions The stats also found that One in three 16 to 25-year-olds used an illegal drug in the past year.

So is Ireland seeing a similar increase? Dr Garrett McGovern Medical Director at the Priority Medical Clinic in Dundrum spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.


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