Addiction Specialist Warns Families Are Being Forced to Flee Over Drug Debt Intimidation - 19/10/2026
An addiction specialist has warned that families are being forced to flee their homes and, in some cases, the country due to intimidation from drug dealers over debts.
It follows the deaths of Kim and Philip English and two of their children in a house fire in Waterford earlier this week. A family member has said they had been terrorised by drug dealers for years over someone else’s debt.
Dr Garrett McGovern, founder of the Priority Medical Clinic, says drug-related intimidation is an issue he hears about almost weekly, particularly in marginalised communities.
He says cocaine, including…
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