Why Dublin’s crack cocaine crisis is visible on the streets
In the News podcast: Crack cocaine crisis looks very like heroin epidemic of the 1980s
Merchants Quay
Many people who use crack cocaine are presenting in shocking conditions
Four decades ago, heroin exposed inequalities within Irish society. Today, crack cocaine is exposing them once again
Zurich’s radical response to Europe’s drug crisis tested by surge in use of crack cocaine
Three decades after the chaos of the Swiss city’s ‘Needle Park’, supervised drug use and state-backed heroin treatment have cut harm, but crack has posed new challenges
‘I looked at what drink had done to my mam, and said I’d never end up like that. But I did’
Alcohol darkened Jennifer’s entire childhood in north Co Dublin, paving the way to her own addictions later on
For those who are homeless, in addiction, or recovery - a safe place for women
Jane’s Place helps vulnerable women ‘feel human, not a problem to be solved’
Middle-class drug users are part of ‘structure of the trade’, medical conference told
Irish Medical Organisation event also hears of problems with prescription drugs and over-the-counter painkillers
New performance arts space planned for Dublin city as part of Merchant’s Quay refurbishment
Artists’ studios and performance space planned for St Anthony’s Theatre
Merchant’s Quay: Temporary supervised drug injection facility in Dublin to become permanent
Merchants Quay service had permission to operate until June but has now secured permanent status
‘Addiction ruined my life but not anymore’: Inside Ireland’s women-only addiction and homelessness service
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
Over 100 people use supervised Merchants Quay Ireland drug-injection facility within first month
Chief executive Eddie Mullins says opening marks ‘momentous shift in policy in how we treat some of our most marginalised and stigmatised people’
‘I have never really had sex not for money’: Woman hopes new injecting facility can allow some dignity
‘Amber’ believes the new medically supervised injecting facility at Merchants Quay will ‘change her life’
Dublin’s crack cocaine epidemic: ‘You get a rush. You come down. And then you have to go again’
Crack cocaine is the new heroin, say addicts and frontline support workers, its use and widespread availability an epidemic that is getting worse
Dangerous synthetic heroin continuing to cause overdoses in Dublin
Nitazene can be 25 times stronger than fentanyl and was first detected last November when it caused 57 overdoses in four-day period
Medically supervised drug injection facility to open in Dublin
Merchant’s Quay Ireland says location will be safer, and will remove some open drug use and litter from streets
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