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26th October 2010
More drugs than sweets’ in prison tuck shopMountjoy Prison has “more drugs than sweets in the tuck shop”, according to the latest damning report by the jail’s visiting committee.
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22nd October 2010
Risk and Protection Factors for Substance Use Among Young PeopleMinister Pat Carey will launch the National Advisory Committee on Drugs report entitled Risk and Protection Factors for Substance Use Among Young People: A Comparative Study of Early School-Leavers and School-Attending Students at 11.00 am on Thursday 28 October 2010 in Buswells Hotel.
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21st October 2010
Effort to combat Mullingar drugs scourge is formalisedThe recently-formed Mullingar Drugs Network (MDN) formally came together last week to elect a committee, in a bid to draw down crucial funding to facilitate a multi-agency fight against drugs problems in Mullingar.
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21st October 2010
Project aims to fight intimidation by drug dealersA Garda pilot project aimed at combating intimidation of families by drug dealers is due to be launched in December.
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21st October 2010
Kells ‘No Name Club’ to open doors within weeksThe newly formed Kells No Name Club is set to open its doors to its first members in the coming weeks.
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20th October 2010
Scientists find gene that beats alcoholismA gene that helps drink go to your head has been discovered by scientists.
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19th October 2010
Drug driving on the riseHauliers have become accustomed to meeting drink drivers on the roads especially in the early hours of the morning, but now they must contend with drug drivers also.
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18th October 2010
Cannabis the drug of choice for university studentsCannabis, cocaine and ecstacy are the top three illegal drugs abused by students in one of our leading universities, according to a new study.
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18th October 2010
Is alcohol too cheap?Alcohol prices: Supermarkets are flooding the market with cheap alcohol, the result is that it now costs 50 per cent less to drink at home than it did in 1996.
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15th October 2010
Citywide to launch report on effects of cuts to community drug servicesCityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign has announced that they will be releasing a report on the effects of government cuts on community drug services.