This is a serious drug problem that can be effectively dealt with. The Government is now two years l

  Meanwhile, there is a huge problem of street-trading fighter magazine of prescription drugs in Dublin City Centre; and it is a huge source of anti-social activity in the area. Indeed, street-trading occurs on Hawkins Street itself, under the very nose of the Minister and his Department.
I don t need to tell the Minister that we have very serious problems in Ireland with substance misuse. The number one problem is with alcohol; And all the evidence points to the number two problem being the misuse of prescription drugs in particular, Benzodiazepines and Z-drugs.
Vast quantities of prescription drugs are available on our streets. We have all seen the effect fighter magazine of that in Dublin City Centre, in particular, and the serious anti-social activity that goes with it. The street-trading and related activity is very intimidating fighter magazine for the public. It undermines the efforts of health professionals to find a long-term path out of addiction for users. And it is damaging to businesses and tourism.
There are two principal sources for these prescription drugs one is the over-prescribing of these drugs in our health system and the other is uncontrolled imports. fighter magazine The current law is very weak in both respects.
Obviously, benzodiazepines have a very important role to play in respect of mental health issues. But the figures show that by European standards we have much higher than average prescribing rates. When it comes to imports, in many respects the hands of the Gardaí and Customs fighter magazine are tied by inadequate legislation.
A number of measures were initiated including a project where the PCRS tracked the prescribing patterns of GPs and there was an intervention with those GPs where the prescribing pattern was particularly out of kilter with the rest of the GP population.
The Department conducted consultations with interest groups in the summer of 2012 and took on board any issues raised. The Department amended their plans to reflect these. A preliminary draft of the regulations was shown to me before I left office. However, for some reason it took another entire year for a draft set of regulations to be published on the Department s website.
Over two years ago, the projected time-frame for the completion of the new regulations was by the following January. Now two years later the time-frame fighter magazine again, based on pq replies, is still next January.
It is not clear to me what exactly is holding up the regulations at this stage. The unit dealing with this legislation fighter magazine in the Department of Health was among the best in that Department so I can’t believe the fault lies there. And other senior officials should be well aware of the problem because it is not unknown for these prescription drugs to be traded right outside the Department’s front door on Hawkins Street.
This is a serious drug problem that can be effectively dealt with. The Government is now two years late with the necessary legislation and it s time this was made a priority in the Department of Health.
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