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17th August 2010
UK: DrugScope responds to media reports on use of ‘new’ legal high ‘Ivory Wave’The last week has seen an increase in media reports of incidents involving an apparently ‘new’ legal high drug sold under the brand name ‘Ivory Wave’ (or in some areas ‘Vanilla Sky’).
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17th August 2010
Reported in Daily Mail: New legal high drug ‘Ivory Wave’ linked to fathers death in UKA young father who plunged 300ft from a cliff to his death is believed to be the first Briton to die after taking the new legal designer drug ‘Ivory Wave’, By Daily Mail Reporter
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17th August 2010
UK doctor calls for drugs rethinkThe British government should consider decriminalising drugs because the blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health, a leading doctor said today.
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16th August 2010
New research from Canal Communities Local Drugs Task ForceThis is a study of changing patterns of drug use in Inchicore, Rialto, and Bluebell, the areas served by the Canal Communities Local Drugs Task Force (CCLDTF), using data collected from September 2007 until the end of 2008, with some follow-up work in 2009.
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16th August 2010
Top doctor urges ban on alcohol sponsors in sportThe head of A&E at one of the country’s busiest hospitals has called for a ban on sports sponsorship by drinks companies.
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16th August 2010
Docs warn head-shop ban has little effectThere has been a huge increase in hospital admissions due to ‘head shop’ drugs, sold since the stores were banned.
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10th August 2010
Gardaí reveal drug statisticsThere are now at least 10 regular heroin users in Killarney, a senior Garda officer in the town revealed, yesterday.
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9th August 2010
Ruth Dudley Edwards: Forget failed war on drugs, we need to make our peaceIf we had the courage to legalise all drugs, we could transform so many lives, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards.
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6th August 2010
Political support for Youth CafeTown councillors in Mullingar have thrown their weight behind proposals for the opening of a “youth café” in Mullingar, at their monthly meeting in Market House last week.
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6th August 2010
Coroner warns of death from heroinThe Dublin city coroner warned about sudden death from heroin use yesterday at the inquest of a man who was said by his family to have been clean for 12 months.