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30th July 2010
Authorities seize €52,000 worth of banned head shop drugGardai and Customs have made the first significant seizure of the recently banned head shop drug mephedrone.
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29th July 2010
i-Dosing: ‘Digital drug’ craze sparks safety alertA disturbing new trend has seen teenagers using “digital drugs”.
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29th July 2010
Naphyrone being considered for control under the Misuse of Drugs ActsMr Pat Carey, T.D., Minister for Community, Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs, stated today that naphyrone and related substances are being considered for control under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
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27th July 2010
New study needed for ‘reliable’ drug use dataThe National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) is commissioning research on the methods and data sources used to estimate drug use, Irish Medical Times has learned.
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26th July 2010
Heroin centres to open across countryHeroin treatment centres will open in several counties outside Dublin as use of the drug continues to grow countrywide. Some experts estimate the true level of addiction to be twice that identified in the last major study in 2002.
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26th July 2010
Fears ‘mysterious’ head shop drugs are toxicExperts have issued warnings over a new generation of head shop drugs containing “mysterious and unknown” substances which could be toxic.
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26th July 2010
Chemical imbalance: New drugs defy banWhile legislation banning all mind-altering drugs is just days away from becoming law, manufacturers of head shop products are still busily churning out new drugs.
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26th July 2010
Use of ‘highly addictive’ crystal meth confined to foreign nationals, say gardaíDetectives are satisfied that the highly addictive drug crystal meth has not gained a foothold here but say abuse of the synthetic drug does exist, mostly within the Czech and Lithuanian community.
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26th July 2010
website accused of promoting real addictionOnline site ‘I-Doser’ sells soundtracks which it claims can recreate the effects of drugs such as heroin.
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22nd July 2010
Needle exchange vital step in containing spread of HIVMedics are calling for addicts to be viewed not as criminals but as patients.