New figures released by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald show a dramatic cut in the number of Gardai assigned to drugs units.
The Dublin North division has lost half of its drugs squad, going from 32 to 16, while 11 Gardai have been cut from the Dublin West unit, and 14 pulled from the South Dublin unit.
There's no Garda drugs unit at all now in the Cavan-Monaghan district.
The overall number of Gardai assigned to drug-preventative units across the country has decreased from 361 officers in 2011, to 253 in 2014.
