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Tuesday, 10 September 2019 08:00

More than 460 people in the midlands received opioid-substitution treatment in the first six months of this year.

In the vast majority of cases, this is used to treat heroin-addiction.

7,600 in total – 5,200 men and 2,400 women were prescribed methadone and other opioid-replacement drugs in pharmacies.

According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, most cases were in Dublin, followed by Cork and Limerick.

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