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25th January 2011
Drug users living on city’s northside fear reprisals from vigilantesDrug users in Cork’s northside are in fear of falling victim to vigilantes, a research programme has found.
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25th January 2011
Government accused of undermining children’s wellbeingFailure to tackle alcohol abuse and growing levels of obesity continue to undermine the wellbeing of Irish children, a children’s rights organisation has warned.
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25th January 2011
Call for price floor below which alcohol cannot be soldA leading charity has called for the sale of alcohol to be restricted and the introduction of a price floor below which it cannot be sold.
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24th January 2011
‘F’ for failureAlcohol charity urges new Government to get a result and tackle detrimental impact of alcohol on young people.
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24th January 2011
Widespread prescribing of unauthorised drugsThe prescribing of unauthorised medicines to children is widespread in Ireland and across Europe, according to the findings of a new EU-wide study.
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24th January 2011
Dutch parliament to be lobbied to legalise all ‘recreational’ drugsThe recently formed Dutch coalition government is expected to be handed a 40,000-signature petition in the next few months aimed at opening a controversial debate in parliament on the legalisation of all so-called recreational drugs.
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23rd January 2011
Tipples that won’t make you tipsyNon-alcoholic drinks needn’t be boring or overly sweet. Here are some grown-up suggestions for non-drinkers.
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21st January 2011
Jumping the gun on Ireland’s heroin droughtThere has been an unfortunate tendency for some medical personnel working in addiction to indulge in a sort of vicarious enjoyment of the more exciting forensic aspects of the drugs problem.
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20th January 2011
Open Door saved my life says local former addictLast Christmas will go down as Imelda’s* “best ever” for one very simple but important reason: it was the first festive period in seven years that she was heroin free.
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18th January 2011
Cigarettes and alcohol blamed for men dying youngerA new report has unlocked the mystery of why men die so much younger than women - and smoking and drinking habits are two of the biggest culprits.