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Cian O'Broin

RTE's Upfront with Katie Hannon hears man open up about how casual cocaine use turned into €80k drug debt

An Irishman has revealed that what started off as casual cocaine use eventually led to him losing 30kg in weight as well as him and his family owing €80,000 in debt to drug dealers.

David Gorman spoke openly and honestly on RTÉ's Upfront with Katie Hannon about how what "started out as a social thing" that ended up becoming a "serious addiction."

The Monday night programme focused on the issue of drug legalisation and whether it would be the best means of stopping organised crime in its tracks. It follows a proposal being considered by the ongoing Citizen's Assembly on drugs, which began last weekend.

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