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Young Farmers Using Social Media To Access Cocaine

It's after claims drug dealers see farmers as ATM machines.

An investigation by Irish Country Living has found young farmers are accessing cocaine via social media.

Drugs counsellors say it's young farmers aged 18 to 30 who are most affected in rural Ireland, with farms being put in jeopardy by drug debts and driving an increase in numbers attending addiction services.

Caitriona Morrissey, Deputy Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal, says it's devastating farming families:

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