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24th December 2008
Record ten thousand addicts look for methadone treatmentA record ten thousand heroin addicts have sought methadone treatment in HSE centers across the country so far this year.
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24th December 2008
Coroner warns on excessive drinkingA Coroner has issued a warning to young people to avoid excessive alcohol consumption and to take responsibility for the amount they drink particularly at Christmas time.
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23rd December 2008
Relapse the thinking mans problemThe difference between those who struggle and those who enjoy their sobriety often comes down to nothing more than how they have understood temptation and what they have done about it.
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19th December 2008
Needle Exchange Provision in IrelandNeedle Exchange Provision in Ireland, National Advisory Committee on Drugs.
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18th December 2008
Plans for roadside drug testingRoadside drug testing will be introduced in Ireland as soon as a reliable system is available the Dail heard yesterday.
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16th December 2008
Cutbacks wont affect drug servicesA leading drugs treatment specialist believes imminent cutbacks in spending on drug prevention and treatment programmes will not result in a rowback to the endemic drug problems of the 1980s.
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15th December 2008
Drinks industry says no to link with drugs planA Government plan to include alcohol in a new national drugs strategy has angered the drinks industry.
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12th December 2008
Appeal not to cut drugs initiative funding as community plan launchedInner-city Dublin communities affected by drugs have called on the Government to remember that the drug trade is not affected by the recession.
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11th December 2008
Annual lighting of Christmas Tree on Buckingham St, Dublin 1 in memory of all those who have died frLighting of the twelfth commemorative Christmas Tree will take place on Thursday 11th of December at 5.30pm at the junction of Buckingham Street and Killarney Street, Dublin 1.
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11th December 2008
Does rehab deliver more heroin abstinence per pound than methadoneNew Australian study addressing an issue greatly exercising the UK. do you on average get greater returns per pound from residential rehabilitation or from substitute prescribing