Teens are budgeting cocaine into their debs spend, according to a leading addiction specialist.
Michael Guerin from addiction charity Cuan Mhuire, says that 'epidemic' isn't too strong a word when it comes to describing Ireland's cocaine problem.
He says that one person per week dies as a direct result from cocaine.
Michael Guerin added that most young people start off by smoking cannabis: "a lot of [young] people who report to us say that the person who sells them cannabis then introduces them to the cocaine."
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When they start taking the cocaine they obviously couldn't afford to pay for it, so by way of paying for the cocaine they were getting they were recruited as a distributor."
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