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30th May 2010
Head-shop drugs blamed for huge upsurge in teen violence and muggingsGardai warn big players in ‘legal-high’ phenomenon may face charges.
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30th May 2010
Mephedrone ‘did not kill teenagers’Two teenagers whose deaths were linked to mephedrone had not taken the drug, it has been reported.
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30th May 2010
Cocaine—the squalid truthA 24-year-old man from Kilkenny suffers a massive heart attack as a direct result of taking cocaine. A 37-year-old from Cork dies from cardiac arrest after snorting cocaine laced with cattle wormer.
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30th May 2010
Teenagers’ deaths were not caused by “legal high” mephedroneTwo teenagers whose deaths were linked to the “legal high” mephedrone, prompting politicians to rush out a contoversial ban, had not taken the drug, reports suggest.
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28th May 2010
One in seven methadone users had taken head shop productsFourteen per cent of methadone users also test positive for substances previously sold in head shops, new research has shown.
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27th May 2010
Pills and Powders on Sale in Irish Head Shops AgainHas the recent government ban on certain substances previously sold in Head Shops in Ireland eradicated the sale of pills and powders from these outlets? Recent research and a visit to a head shop in Dublin City centre would suggest otherwise…
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27th May 2010
Government study to quiz legal high users on ill-effectsThe Government’s advisory group on drugs is to investigate the experience of hospital emergency departments & treating patients suffering ill-effects from using head shop substances, as well as question users of the legal highs.
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26th May 2010
New drug & alcohol recovery group in Donegal TownThe Bill W Club, located above Simple Simons, just off the Diamond, aims to promote the personal development of those battling addictions and encourage social and practical life skills.
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26th May 2010
Varadkar raises local concerns about proposed Coolmine methadone clinic in the DailFine Gael TD for Dublin West raised local concerns about HSE proposals to locate a methadone clinic in the Coolmine Industrial Estate next door to a work shop for people with intellectual disabilities. Their parents are currently engaged in a campaign to have the clinic placed in an alternative location. The debate occurred on Wednesday night with Batt O’Keefe representing the government.
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26th May 2010
US ends ‘war on drugs’The United States has “ended its war on drugs” and is now moving its focus to prevention and treatment, the US drugs chief has told top Irish drug officials.