{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/69d645fce257f11e0373a5b8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Drugs a \"Social Justice' Issue, Not Just a Health One\", Families Tell Officials - 08/04/2026","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/1775649990446-71198a72-fcc1-4a7b-aea3-95cd7906b6c5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The new national drugs strategy must “explicitly recognise” the connection between the harms caused by drugs and the poverty, inequality and violence in certain communities, a family organisation has said.</p><p><br></p><p>Family Addiction Recovery Ireland (FARI) said the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029 — which has been put out for public consultation — “excluded” those communities and those families most affected by drugs and the drugs trade.</p><p><br></p><p>We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Aileen Malone from the National Steering Committee at FARI (Family Addiction Recovery Ireland) -her own daughter also went through addiction.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}