A community perspective of cocaine use in Ireland: A brief exploratory study

摘要

The emphasis of this exploratory research was on documenting perceptions of the extent of cocaine use in an inner city community (of 4,000 households) in Ireland. The study was undertaken due to rising community concern of apparent increasing pervasion of cocaine availability, increased cocaine use as social activity and the destructive impact on both individual and community context. Interviews were conducted with a range of informants including drug-service providers, An Garda Siochdna (Irish police), youth workers, drug counselors, family support workers, general medical practitioners, hospital personnel, night-club owners, publicans, parents and carers, taxi drivers, doormen, community workers, money advice and lending services, outreach workers, prison liaison officers, politicians and a small number of key informants considered to have experience of and insight into common and preferred drug-taking practices in the community.