News
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12th November 2014
At home, glass in hand, nobody tells you to ‘wrap it up’We all do it. We all come home after a long day and treat ourselves to a glass of wine to ‘take the edge off’. But it seems women are no longer stopping at just one glass.
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11th November 2014
From the US: New York to ease marijuana arrestsThousands of people carrying small amounts of marijuana in New York City may no longer be arrested or face criminal charges, officials have said, marking a significant shift in how the nation’s biggest city approaches policing pot.
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11th November 2014
RTE refuses to air ads for e-cigarettesRTE says it will wait for the development of specific advertising codes before deciding if it will air commercials for e-cigarettes.
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10th November 2014
The ‘Let’s Talk About Drugs’ media awards are launchedThe effects of alcohol on the family and drugs on mental health are the two themes that will take centre stage for the 2015 ‘Let’s Talk About Drugs’ National Youth Media Awards it was revealed last week.
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10th November 2014
Heroin still a major Northside problemA northside charity working with drug users has found that heroin addiction still poses a significant problem in Finglas and Cabra.
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10th November 2014
Darknet crime probe success unprecedentedThe Irishman co-ordinating the global police action against criminals using the internet to sell drugs and guns says the operation resulted in an unprecedented breakthrough in their war on the multi-million euro trade.
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8th November 2014
Crackdown on darknet drugs websites yields 17 arrestsSeventeen people have been arrested in a series of co-ordinated raids on underground websites selling illegal drugs, a top Europol official said yesterday, in one of the largest crackdowns on the so-called ‘darknet’ to date.
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7th November 2014
Dublin and US main focus of ‘darknet’ drug site takedownSilk Road 2 illegal website disabled by FBI, Europol and Department of Homeland Security
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5th November 2014
What do kids these days know about drugs? Answers on an iPad, pleaseWhat do young people know about drugs?
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5th November 2014
Calorie labelling on alcohol could soon be mandatoryIt’s already commonplace on most foods, but calorie labelling could soon also be mandatory on alcohol.






