These services are under threat following a proposal by the government to cut €2.6 million in funding to the National Drugs Strategy.
Ógra Shinn Féin held a demonstration outside the offices of Junior Minister for Drugs Strategy John Curran, on Clondalkin's Main Street.
Speaking at the event, Sinn Féin councillor for Clondalkin Matthew McDonagh said it was "unnacceptable that communities must deal with the causes of drug and alcohol addiction with less funding at a time when statistics show that such problems are on the increase".
Dublin ÓSF spokesperson Shane McKenna said that: "Dublin Ógra Shinn Féin demand that adequate resources are provided to tackle drug and alcohol addiction" and that "cuts in funding to areas which are most affected by drugs is unacceptable".
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