Explosion in heroin use sees addicts invade city young drug users sitting on the kerbside on Dublin's main street and lying passed out in a nearby laneway."

Explosion in heroin use sees addicts invade city - City News, National News - Herald.ie: "number of heroin users in the city has increased hugely, bringing hundreds more addicts into the city centre seeking treatment.
Figures from a leading drug treatment clinic show record levels of heroin users across the country.
New figures today from the country's biggest drug treatment charity show that in Dublin alone 642 new drug users sought treatment last year from Merchant's Quay Ireland (MQI).
Homelessness is also rising with a 17pc increase in demand for these services from the group so far this year.
Last year MQI provided services for just under 9,500 drug users and homeless in 11 counties -- an increase of 9pc.
MQI Director Tony Geoghegan says the rise in demand has hit the charity at a time when funding had been cut by up to 10pc in some areas.
Photographs published by the Herald this week showed young drug users sitting on the kerbside on Dublin's main street and lying passed out in a nearby laneway."