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2nd September 2010
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:
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2nd September 2010
Junior Cert parents warned on legal highsParents 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.
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1st September 2010
Man died of accidental Solpadol overdoseA 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.
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1st September 2010
Publicans are ‘suitably qualified’ to sell alcoholA 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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1st September 2010
Tallaght Drugs Task Force Hope and Remembrance ServiceThe Tallaght Drugs Task Force annaul Hope and Remembrance Service
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30th August 2010
Here’s looking at under-age drinking, hypocritically againThere have been fresh calls to change the way alcohol is sold in this country.
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29th August 2010
More than 10,000 lose licences for drink-driving offencesMore than 10,000 people were put off the roads last year for drink-driving offences resulting in hundreds of prison sentences, according to figures obtained by the Sunday Tribune.
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29th August 2010
State-sponsored heroin addicts costing us €20mAnnual taxpayers’ bill for opiate substitute methadone is revealed as the HSE prepares to unroll a programme supply the drug nationwide.
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28th August 2010
Pity the pub on its last kegs, but not the off-licence selling drink to kids Read more: http://www.During the Rose of Tralee selection last Tuesday night, Dáithí O Sé mentioned “dry counties” to the Texas Rose. It was the first time I had heard the term being used for a long time, but I do remember the first time I heard of a “dry county”.
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27th August 2010
Counsellor supplied drugs ‘to help addicts get clean’An addiction counsellor who forged prescriptions in order to help addicts “get clean” so they could be admitted to the drug treatment centre he ran has been sentenced to six months in jail.