Irish Independent journalist Saoirse Hanley discusses the rising prevalence of cocaine use in Ireland, particularly among young adults. She observes that society seems to have accepted cocaine as a commonplace part of nightlife, raising concerns about its normalization and potential impact.
A trip to a nightclub on any given Saturday will likely illuminate people to the rampant use of cocaine amongst Irish people - the Irish Independent journalist Saoirse Hanley claims.With a rising number of people in Ireland regularly doing cocaine – is it uncool to not understand the cocaine hype?
“When you think about the acceptance of drug use, we've kind of, as a society, decided people do some things and that's fine but line you don't cross that if you're moving into heroin or something then that's a problem. “I think sometimes when you're going out or you’re partying or you're young, there's kind of an understanding that you're grand getting absolutely trolleyed drinking loads of drinks and that's fine and that this is just a normal progression of that.
“I think it doesn't take a scientist to kind of look at and say, I would imagine that use is slightly skewed, heavily more towards the 20s and 30s age category,” she said.
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