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Draft National Drug Strategy a Backwards Step, Group Says

Taskforces say the draft plan would hand regional control of planning, funding and delivery to the Health Service Executive, weakening local services.

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The Government's draft National Drugs Strategy has been described by the Network of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces as a backwards step.

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Irish TimesIrish Times
Lean Left

Communities risk being sidelined in Government’s new drug strategy, warn groups

Local taskforces say proposed approach will ‘unravel decades of life-saving work’ as decision-making is centralised into HSE

·Dublin, Ireland
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RTÉRTÉ
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Draft National Drug Strategy a backwards step, group says

The Government's draft National Drugs Strategy has been described by the Network of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces as a backwards step.

·Ireland
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RTÉ broke the news in Ireland on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
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