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9th February 2011
Older teenagers warned over alcoholHigher alcohol consumption in late adolescence often continues into adulthood and is associated with long-term alcohol problems including dependence, a new study has suggested.
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8th February 2011
Seminar: Pins, Barrels and Brands - injector equipment choicesPins, Barrels and Brands: influences on and influencing injector equipment choices.
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8th February 2011
Strengthening Families Programme in West CorkThis programme is being brought to West Cork as part of an initiative led by the Social Work Department in conjunction with the Probation Service and the Local Drugs Task Force.
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8th February 2011
Free Service to Dispose of Unused Medicines Properly (DUMP)A free service to dispose of unused or out of date medicines will be available to the general public in Cork and Kerry from 14th February 2011.
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6th February 2011
Deaths linked to methadone and anti-depressants soarDrug-related deaths involving anti-depressants and methadone have soared, new figures show.
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4th February 2011
Almost one in five of us don’t believe alcohol cancer linkUrgent need for health risk labels on alcoholic drinks.
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3rd February 2011
Changes in Blood-borne Infection Risk Among Injection Drug UsersNearly 30 years into the HIV epidemic, injection drug users (IDUs) remain at high risk for HIV infection. Data from surveillance systems and cohort studies have collectively suggested that HIV infection incidence among IDUs has declined a trend attributed at least in part to harm-reduction measures including needle exchange programs (NEPs) and substance-abuse treatment. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is nearly 10 times more transmissible by needlestick than is HIV .
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2nd February 2011
drugs.ie reaches over 100,000 people in 2010The drugs.ie website continued to firmly establish itself as the ‘one-stop-shop’ for all drug and alcohol related information and support in Ireland in 2010.
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2nd February 2011
College set to audit methadone schemeThe ICGP is seeking to appoint a Clinical Audit Facilitator to audit and review GPs participating in the Methadone Treatment Protocol.
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1st February 2011
Homegrown drug offence figures almost doubleThe surge in cannabis factories—or ‘growhouses’—led to a massive rise in the number of offences covering the cultivation and manufacture of drugs last year.