Heroin users in Malta are getting older and are the major demographic of problem drug users seeking rehabilitation services, a national drug situation report released this week shows. Of the 1,943 people who sought treatment for their addiction, 1,126 were heroin users. The report also shows an ageing population in heroin users; however 41% entering rehab are younger than 35 in 2019, which is down from 45.5% in 2018. “Cocaine in the 1980s was a rich man’s drug,” she says of its high price and its short supply. “We never had a programme that looks at what is happening 10, 20, 30 years after they leave the rehab programme.

Source: Libya Today March 12, 2021 05:26 UTC