Health
Rehab facility: We’re treating record numbers of addiction cases
Coolmine chief executive Pauline McKeown expects further rise in numbers as inflation makes more people vulnerable through social deprivation
More people than ever are seeking treatment for drug addictions, the head of the country’s largest rehab facility has said.
Pauline McKeown, chief executive of Coolmine Therapeutic Community, said many of the addictions had developed during the Covid-19 lockdowns.
She said she anticipated that the numbers of those seeking treatment in the coming months would increase as inflationary pressures and the rising cost of living pushed people into social deprivation.
She cited one example, which ...
