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• 7th September 10
  Teens to be surveyed on drink and drugs experiences

  Irish teenagers will be asked about their experiences of drink and drugs as part of a Europe-wide survey in schools early next year.

• 5th September 10
  Last orders on the cards for alcohol ads in sports

  An outright ban on sponsorship of sports in Ireland by drinks companies now looks inevitable, the Sunday Independent has learnt.

• 4th September 10
  Mixed reaction to codeine clampdown

  You can’t have failed to notice it.

• 3rd September 10
  Scots government calls time with minimum charge for alcohol

  Edinburgh – Scotland’s government announced yesterday that its planned minimum price for alcohol would be set at 45p per unit, meaning a bottle of wine would cost at least £4.23 (€5.07) and a bottle of whisky £12.60.

• 2nd September 10
  Overdose warning

  Heroin addicts in Cork are not getting fast access to Methadone Treatment Programmes, which could be causing some to overdose.

• 2nd September 10
  Are Head Shops wrecking chemists’ heads?

  Did you hear about the one about the Irish chemist who walked into a Head Shop……? Well maybe you haven’t so here it is:

• 2nd September 10
  Junior Cert parents warned on legal highs

  Parents in Kerry have been warned about the dangers of legal highs, which young people may be tempted to take to celebrate Junior Cert results, due out shortly.

• 1st September 10
  Man died of accidental Solpadol overdose

  A coronor has warned of the dangers of codeine after an inquest heard how a man died from an accidental overdose of Solpadol, which contains painkilling codeine and paracetamol.

• 1st September 10
  Family Support Network annual work conference.

  The FSN Annual Work Conference brings together members of family support groups and individual family members living with drug use living on the island of Ireland.

• 1st September 10
  Publicans are ‘suitably qualified’ to sell alcohol

  A letter published in Todays Irish Examiner on behalf of the 4,500 publicans represented by the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI), to answer certain questions posed.

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