Galway-based addiction counsellor, Joe Treacy, claims cocaine is "blowing a blizzard" in Galway.
Data has found that cocaine-use has increased across all age groups in recent years.
Joe Treacy was responding to comments made by local GP Martin Daly on Galway Talks yesterday, who said there is a wave of cocaine in rural areas.
Agreeing with Martin's sentiments, Joe Treacy, says that cocaine-use is widespread in our communities: