O'Kelly, FD and Cullen, Barry and Bury, Gerard and Dean, Geoffrey (1988) The rise and fall of heroin use in an inner city area of Dublin. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 157, (2), pp. 35-38.
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This study examined the extent of heroin use in a Dublin south inner-city electoral ward, during the period 1979 to 1985. There were 82 completed questionnaires out of a possible total of 103, giving a response rate of 80%. Each of the 82 respondents had a fixed address in the area during the period, and all of them had a history of heroin use, which was validated through medical records. The extent of heroin use in the area was greatest in the 1977/81 period, and the researchers found that it was particularly marked in the under-25 age groups, especially among males aged 15 to 19 years. However, the authors found that, since 1981, there had been a marked decline in heroin use in the area.
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