Of the many obligations entrusted to the incoming coalition, the new government now assumes responsibility for dealing with the issue of drugs and alcohol in Ireland. Inevitably, various challenges and considerations will present along the way. With this in mind, drugs.ie took the opportunity to speak to various people working within the drug and alcohol sector in Ireland, to see what insights they might provide for our incoming government, when prioritising issues relating to drugs and alcohol in Ireland.

Priorities
For this feature, we posed the following question to various individuals working for drug and alcohol agencies within the community/voluntary sector: What should the new government’s priority be on drugs and/or alcohol?