50% decrease of prescriptions for opioid-substitution treatment in Sligo/Leitrim and Donegal.
There has been a 50% decrease in the number of prescriptions made to people undergoing opioid-substitution treatment in the Sligo/Leitrim and Donegal areas so far this year. In the vast majority of cases, this is used to treat heroin-addiction. According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, 33…