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30th September 2009
New drugs.ie video: Message in a Bottle Alcohol Seminar Video Part 1Ballymun Local Drugs Task Force, in conjunction with Dublin North East Local Drugs Task Force, held an alcohol policy seminar entitled ‘Message in a Bottle’ in the Carlton Airport Hotel, on September 16th 2009. The seminar intended to create discussion and debate about alcohol and its relationship with the individual, the community and the wider societal environment. This video features one of the seminar presentations by Stephen Rowen, a trained clinical social worker, specialist in addiction and former clinical director of the Rutland Centre.
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29th September 2009
Heroin use a national crisis, says charity chief.Heroin use has become a national crisis, the chief executive of drug addiction and homelessness charity Merchants Quay Ireland has said.
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28th September 2009
Community protest against proposed cuts.Hundreds of people who work in community projects such as family resource centres and drugs task forces will march on the Dáil on Wednesday to protest against the current and proposed cuts to their sector.
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24th September 2009
Exclusive video footage of National Drug Strategy Launch: Part 2Initial briefing session & background to the new National Drug Strategy.
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24th September 2009
Cut in alcohol driving limit next yearReductions in the permitted blood-alcohol levels for drivers will be accompanied by mandatory alcohol testing of all drivers involved in crashes.
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23rd September 2009
HSE report backs lower alcohol limit.At least 18 drivers killed in crashes between 2003 and 2005 had a blood alcohol level between the current limit of 80mg and the Government’s proposed new lower limit of 50mg, according to a new Health Service Executive (HSE)report.
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22nd September 2009
HSE Publish Drug Misuse Statistics in the South EastThe Health Service Executive South has published its ninth annual ‘Overview of Drug Misuse’ report (2008), which covers the five counties of the South East: Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and South Tipperary.
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14th September 2009
Random drug test for drivers among 63 new measures.The Health Service Executive, the Garda, the Road Safety Authority, the Irish Prisons Service and a number of Government departments have been ordered to draw up plans to implement the State’s new National Drugs Strategy before the end of the year.
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12th September 2009
Go on, darling, have a drink.Parents who believed giving their teenagers a glass of wine with Sunday dinner would cultivate a responsible attitude to alcohol had their illusions shattered this week.
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11th September 2009
Exclusive video footage of National Drug Strategy Launch: Part 1Yesterdays speech by Minister of State, John Curran T.D., at the launch of the new National Drug Strategy 2009 - 2016.