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8th April 2015
Citywide Prison SeminarCitywide are hosting a Seminar aimed at updating Projects and Services on the current situation re the continuum of care of prisoners with substance abuse issues.
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8th April 2015
Dubliners attempt to have sentences quashed after recent drugs loopholeThree Dublin men are seeking their release from prison following last month’s loophole that temporarily legalised drugs like ecstasy, crystal meth and ketamine.
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8th April 2015
Irish parents warned not to give kids under 12 medicines containing codeineIrish parents are being warned not to give children under 12 years any medicines containing codeine for the treatment of coughs and colds.
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8th April 2015
EXTENDED DEADLINE TO INITIAL CALL: Evaluation of the HSE Naloxone Demonstration ProjectThe HSE has a stated commitment to take actions which focus on reducing the number of drug-related deaths and near-fatal drug poisonings.
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7th April 2015
Lets Talk About Drugs National Youth Media Awards 2015 winners announcedThe Winners of the Lets Talk About Drugs National Youth Media Awards 2015 have been announced.
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7th April 2015
TD’s call for supervised drug centres welcomedA drug project has welcomed a statement from a government TD calling for supervised centres where people can inject drugs.
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7th April 2015
Doctor’s orders: Forget the controversy and concentrate on the problemThe Stop Out-of- Control Drinking campaign has generated more debate since its launch in February than they could’ve ever envisaged. Much of the publicity has been negative however, focusing on its funding by drinks industry giant Diageo and the presence on its board of Diageo country director David Smith.
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7th April 2015
That’s Men: Older alcoholics – who they are and how they succumbThe media in Britain recently reported, with what read like surprise, on excessive drinking among retired professional women. Because it is only in recent times that we have had a significant number of women retiring from the professions, this appears to be a new phenomenon. But I don’t think it’s a new occurrence among men, especially among men who have had busy jobs and then retire, or among older men who live alone.
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7th April 2015
High time for cannabis curesMedicinal cannabis has become a fast-growing multi-billion dollar global industry. But Irish people with MS and other conditions are still in a legal limbo, left to buy the drug on the street.
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7th April 2015
40pc of Irish women among 1.35m of us drinking harmfullyAs thousands of drinkers prepare to end their Lenten abstinence, both women and men in Ireland continue to underestimate both the harm caused by alcohol and the amount they consume.
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