Many voices still question why recreational cannabis should be legalised, yet few ask why the medicinal herb was historically made illegal in the first place. Now even the Maltese government is openly challenging the notion of the ‘gateway drug’ championed by so many American administrations
Supply pushes cocaine price down, as heroin users grow older
A national study on drugs finds heroin users are getting older, with the majority seeking rehabilitation
12 March 2021, 6:27am
by Karl Azzopardi
The study estimates Malta has an average 1,049 daily opiate users, down from 1,161 in 2018 – again a sign of the downward trend in the drug’s usage
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.
The highly addictive drug has one of the lowest usages among the adult population, but users of the drug are the majority of cases admitted for detox programmes. Of the 1,943 people who sought treatment for their addiction, 1,126 were heroin users.