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Property owners who are anxious to lease out vacant premises have been warned by a Mayo TD to be wary of the types of businesses approaching them. This comes as head shops, which sell legal drugs which enable people to get highs without breaking the law, are cropping up all over the country, including in Castlebar and Ballina.

A needle exchange facility is expected to be made available to Westmeath’s estimated 24 intravenous drug users before the end of the Spring.

Castlebar town councillor Ger Deere has expressed his concern about the findings of the National Drugs Strategy. In particular, he is concerned about their reference to so-called head shops and the need to monitor their activities. He has been contacted numerous times by people around the town who are concerned with the activities of the recently opened head shop in Castlebar.

Castlebar Fine Gael town councillor and youth worker Ger Deere said it is blindingly obvious that head shops which have sprung up all over the country require strict regulation because of the dangers of the products they sell. Cllr Deere said products which have emerged to replace BZP, which was banned last year, must also be banned if they have psychoactive and other side effects.