Clare Drug And Alcohol Addiction Cases Down 7% On Last Year

The number of people treated for drug and alcohol addiction in Clare fell by 7% last year. New figures from the Health Research Board shows that 301 people were treated for addiction in this county. While there was a drop in addiction cases involving cocaine, cannabis, heroin and benzodiazepines, the number of people treated for alcohol addiction addition increased by 9% to 132. Additionally, 72 people in this county were treated for alcohol addiction for the very first time, the highest figure on record since 2007. For a closer look at this, Alan Morrissey spoke to Meadhbh Firmino da Silva Santos, Deputy Manager at Bushypark Addiction Treatment Centre and Noel Considine, former Clare hurler and 1997 All-Ireland Winner who battled with alcohol addiction for 30 Years. Picture (c) by Alexander Kuzmin from Getty Images via Canva