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15th October 2008
Main priority for 2009 is protecting daily front-line services.Statement from Minister Ó Cuív and Minister of State with the responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy, John Curran on the 2009 Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs funding provision.
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14th October 2008
Family Matters: Exploring Key Concepts, Principles and Practices In Relation to Addiction and the FaOpen to those working outside of Ballymun. However, members of Ballymun Local Drugs Task Force or services working in the area may be given first priority.
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13th October 2008
Don’t Lose the Head - Support Booklet for Parents & Guardians text testCrosscares’s Teen Counselling and the Drug and Alcohol Programme have launced an easy-to-read booklet for parents, whether or not they have teenagers who use drugs. The booklet was launched on Friday in the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Eibhlin Byrne.
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13th October 2008
HSE study links alcohol to fatal crashesA leading public health doctor has said that most drivers killed in collisions test positive for more than the legal limit of alcohol in their system.
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13th October 2008
Drugs counselling booklet for parents launched.Parents who find their children drunk on alcohol or high on drugs are being urged to stay calm in a new support booklet unveiled today.
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10th October 2008
John Curran affirms government commitment to drug treatmentIn advance of feared budgetary cutbacks, the minister with responsibility for the national drugs strategy has said Government investment in drug treatment has been paying dividends.
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10th October 2008
Research shows drug treatment reduces drug use, involvement in crime and improves chances of goingNew research shows that not only does drug treatment substantially reduce individuals’ drug use and their involvement in crime, it also improves employment outcomes.
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9th October 2008
British concern at new legal high drugs.A new family of drugs offering users a “legal high”” has been found by researchers in London.
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9th October 2008
Warning against closing centres for ex-offendersThe Governments decision to cut a number of support services for ex-offenders will place vulnerable men at risk of homelessness and addiction problems, support groups warned yesterday.
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9th October 2008
Budget fears at childcare service for ex-addicts.The Director of a pioneering childcare service that works with the children of current and recovering drug users has voiced her concern that its funding may be cut in next week’s budget.