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Six months ago mindfulness teacher and former member of Cork Local Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce Gerry Raftery, tried to practice drinking mindfully. He ended up kicking the drink altogether
There is “an absolute plethora of issues” around drug use in Bray which the Chair of the Bray Drug and Alcohol Task Force hopes will be addressed following a submission to the Citizen’s Assembly on Drug Use.
The manager of the Bray Family Resource & Development Project, which is one of the stakeholders on the Bray Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force, said that there has been “a real change in drug use in Bray”, posing a danger to young people and causing a deterioration in those who are older.
Councillors from the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District have called for tougher punishments for convicted drug dealers
“It’s important we get a grip on this and be able to go after more vacant houses being used in this way,” said one TD.