Misery of drugs must be tackled
MISERY OF DRUGS MUST BE TACKLED A 27-year-old woman is the latest victim of the heroin pushers in the Ballinacurra Weston area of Limerick, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Fein said today. Joe Lynch from Beechgrove Avenue said that the local people in his area are sickened by the activities of the drug dealers. People in Weston are fearful that some young person could die from drugs if the activities of the gangs are not tackled, he said. The gangs are targeting vulnerable people such as this young mother who narrowly escaped death. Our fear is that it will take the death of a person from a heroin overdose to bring home to people the dangers that these dealers and gangs represent to the community. In fact the local people want the pushers out of the area. The gangs and dealers are not welcome and they pose a danger to young people in the estates in the general vicinity. The local people are vocal in their condemnation of the activities of the heroin dealers and they are sick and tired of calling for action to be taken against the gangs Will it take the death of a young person before the authorities wake up to the misery drugs are bringing to local communities.

Theres only one way to deal with a pusher....

Why should we expect the "authorities" to come down on one kind of capitalist when they encourage every other kind. I wouldnt expect any help from the free staters.

I'm sorry but who the hell has encountered a drug "pusher" ? If a 27 year old woman does heroin her problem is not a dealer, but something much more personal. Drug dealers are very much, thankfully, creations of supply and demand. Hopefully we can treat the problem, not the symptoms. This is a desperate but off the mark response to a serious problem. SF needs to realise this. If I can help I will. If I'm correct, James Managan was a drug-addict Republican... We need some drug/ drink experts involved, unfortunately, in order to make Éire Nua work. We have to represent everyone. Some people need help. Hopefully a New Ireland will be better at serving the public than this 26 county-Brit created farce of a government.

I agree Saer that personal problems contribute, but I must also agree with other posters that dealers profit off personal misery by offering some kind of "answer" to those with nowhere to turn. Without the supply, these people wouldn't be able to add drug addiction to their list of problems.

I agree with what your saying to a certain extent, but its also true that supply creates its own demand - think of Henry Ford. I think the RM needs to deal with the root causes, as you say, but some action has to be taken to let the pushers know who they are dealing with, its not very logical to expect ordinary people to take on armed drug gangs. As far as Im concerned, the drug gangs and the Landlords need the same military response. Im not talking about killing them, but making it too costly for them to operate.. You want to use military force against landlords am i hearing this correctly, why in Gods name.