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21st April 2015
Barack Obama lends support to marijuana legalisation: ‘We should follow the science not the ideology
On the eve of 4/20, cannabis smokers’ unofficial holiday, Barack Obama has appeared on CNN’s special report WEED 3 backing decriminalisation of marijuana, saying that he favours a “public health model” over an “incarceration model”.
21st April 2015
Persistent drink drivers to get ‘alco-locks’ on their cars
Persistent drink-drivers could be forced to pay to have ‘alco-locks’ fitted to their vehicles and undergo mandatory training under plans going to Government.
21st April 2015
Alcohol has a much greater effect on adolescent brains
A World Health Organization survey in 2014 found that 39pc of Irish 15-year-olds had engaged in a session of binge-drinking, putting us just behind Austria, which topped the list in the 194 countries studied.
21st April 2015
Potential effects of drinking alcohol during pregnancy
Exposure to alcohol can seriously affect the baby’s development, particularly the brain and spinal cord.
21st April 2015
Poll: Do you think you drink too much?
The alcohol consumption of Irish women is under the spotlight as part of Action on Alcohol Week.
21st April 2015
Two glasses of wine daily raise the risk of liver disease by 13pc
Women who relax at home with more than two large glasses of wine a day can pay a heavy health price for the indulgence.
21st April 2015
Irish teens are starting to drink at age 13
Alarming new figures that show adolescents are developing harmful alcohol habits from a very young age
20th April 2015
Alcohol is seriously damaging women’s health – Dr Orla Crosbie
‘Often these are women who are not dependent on alcohol, but are in the habit of regularly drinking. They buy wine and other alcohol as part of the weekly shop’
20th April 2015
Anti-alcohol group fails to back new minimum price plan
The controversial anti-alcohol campaign ‘Stop Out of Control Drinking’ has declined to publicly support the Government’s plans to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP) to tackle the availability of cheap alcohol.
19th April 2015
Action on Alcohol Week 2015 launches
Action on Alcohol Week aims to raise awareness of the critical need to reduce alcohol consumption and the widespread harm that excessive drinking causes in Ireland today.

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