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Nightlife Venues

International evidence identifies that drug use is common place within nightlife, across a variety of settings such as pubs, nightclubs, music festivals, private settings or domestic parties and at illegally organised gatherings or “raves” and holiday locations, which has led to the use of terminology such as “club drugs”, “party drugs” and “dance drugs” due to certain substances association with dance and party scenes.

Nightlife as a health intervention setting

The nightlife environment offers a unique opportunity to engage with drug using cohorts that health care professionals normally have no contact with in Ireland.

Based on EU guidance, the below approaches merit consideration as part of a comprehensive response throughout the night-time economy

Learn more abiut approaches in the EU Healthy Nightlife Toolbox.

HSE awareness campaigns

We have coordinated a number of campaigns to raise awareness about the use of club drugs to help inform event attendees of the practical steps they can take to reduce the harms.

 

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The HSE and Union of Students in Ireland (USI) ask students to think about drug safety measures when using club drugs
Harm reduction messages from the #SaferStudentNights campaign.
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