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Trinity College Dublin. Centre for Women's Studies. ISIS Research Group. (1999) Problem drug use in Cabra. Dublin: ISIS Research Group.

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This report presented the findings of a research study carried out in Cabra, in north Dublin, into illegal drug use among young people in the area. The research was funded by the Finglas Cabra Drugs Task Force. Objectives of the research included exploring why young people participated in the drugs culture; investigating how illegal drugs were accessed, and how drug use was organised; and identifying the types and ranges of services needed to respond to the needs of young drug users.

Both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were used. A questionnaire was administered to 118 young people still in school (with an average age of 14.6 years), and to 50 young people who had left school (the average age of whom was 17.1 years). Eight qualitative case studies were also carried out, with people who used non-opiates only, and with heroin users who had been poly-drug users prior to their dependence on heroin. The study established that there were high levels of drug use among young people both in and out of school, with less than 20% of the total 168 respondents reporting that they had not used either alcohol or drugs. The most commonly-used drug was cannabis, used by 88% of those who had ever used drugs, followed by alcohol, used by 79%. Three areas were identified for action by the local drugs task force: drugs education, youth outreach initiatives, and safety campaigns for non-opiate drug use.


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