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20th July 2009
Sober statistics bear out the fact that our attitude to alcohol is deeply unhealthyMilan has banned the consumption and sale of alcohol to young teenagers in an effort to curb binge drinking,” said yesterday morning’s news as I staggered downstairs to make a cup of tea.
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15th July 2009
Alcohol a factor in 50% of youth crimeAlcohol is a critical factor in about half of all recorded juvenile crime, according to a report.
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14th July 2009
Study shows drug treatment programmes are working.Treatment programmes for heroin addicts are working, according to a detailed research project.
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14th July 2009
Alcohol addiction - The industry must share the burden.In recent years there has been much hype about our drugs problems, but usually when people talk about drugs, they are not talking about the most prevalent and most abused drug in the country – alcohol. Irish people spend more on alcohol annually that any other people.
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10th July 2009
Two year waiting list for methadone.Heroin addicts are waiting two years on average to get methadone treatment in the southeast, the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee was told yesterday.
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9th July 2009
Proposal to lower alcohol driving limits opposed by publicansPublicans are lobbying Fianna Fail to block moves by Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey to lower the drink-drive limit.
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1st July 2009
Call for Irish drug epidemic to be tackled.Ireland is in the grip of “a really devastating drug epidemic” and people need to be frightened into tackling the issue, a leading emergency medicine consultant said yesterday.
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29th June 2009
Boom blamed for rise in alcohol dependencyMore young people and women are seeking treatment for alcohol dependency at a Dublin hospital following the economic boom, a psychiatrist has said.
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26th June 2009
World Drug Report 2009The World Drug Report presents comprehensive information on the illicit drug situation. It provides detailed estimates and trends on production, trafficking and consumption in the opium/heroin, coca/cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine-type stimulants markets
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25th June 2009
New Video on Drug Treatment Outcomes in IrelandA story of Drug Treatment Outcomes from The National Advisory Committee on Drugs.