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HRB Reports 400% Increase In Crack Cocaine Use.

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Cocaine is now the most common main drug among new cases in treatment services

The number of people seeking treatment for crack cocaine use has increased by 400 per cent in the last six years.

Figures from the Health Research Board show nearly 70,000 cases of problem drug use since 2014.

Cocaine is now the most common main drug among new cases in treatment services.

Dr Anne Marie Carew is Research Officer with the HRB.

She joined Eoin Beatty on Wednesday's edition of Kildare Today.

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