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Irish people are the joint-fourth highest consumers of cocaine

Irish people are the joint-fourth highest consumers of cocaine globally relatively speaking, according to a new United Nations report. According to the report, 2.4 percent of Irish people used cocaine during the previous year, tying with the US and Austria. In reaction to this report, Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Professor Colin O’Gara, consultant addiction psychiatrist At St John Of Gods Hospital & Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCD.

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08.45 20 Mar 2023


Irish people are the joint-fourth highest consumers of cocaine


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08.45 20 Mar 2023


Irish people are the joint-fourth highest consumers of cocaine globally relatively speaking, according to a new United Nations report.

According to the report, 2.4 percent of Irish people used cocaine during the previous year, tying with the US and Austria.

In reaction to this report, Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Professor Colin O’Gara, consultant addiction psychiatrist At St John Of Gods Hospital & Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCD.


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