Gardaí warn Republic will be heavily impacted by Taliban clamping down on opium production in Afghanistan
There is serious concern in the Garda, and with public health authorities, in the Republic that synthetic opioids will increase in popularity in Ireland very quickly and may lead to US-style overdose trends, caused there by the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Senior Garda officers, including Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, have already expressed their concerns that once heroin becomes more difficult to source, a synthetic drug culture will take hold, with potentially devastating consequences. The report, produced by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction also revealed drug-related deaths in the Republic were much higher than anywhere in Europe. However, countries across Europe have different methods for counting and classifying drug deaths.
Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly, who is responsible for all Garda units combating organised and serious crime, said earlier this year synthetic opioids such as fentanyl were likely to “fill the gap” when the heroin shortage fully takes hold in Ireland.
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