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9th April 2014
From the UK: Plight of steroid users highlightedMore must be done to help the rising tide of people who are injecting themselves with steroids, health experts have warned.
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9th April 2014
Government must resist lobbying over tobacco brandingAustralia, less than a year ago, became the first country to introduce plain packaging of cigarettes. It did so to reduce the number of deaths from smoking-related diseases, and to improve public health.
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9th April 2014
7% have tried cocaine, poll findsOne in 10 men living in Ireland has tried cocaine at some stage in their life, a cross-border poll has revealed.
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9th April 2014
Coroner warns against ‘deadly poison’ ecstasy after fatalitiesA coroner has issued a stark warning about the dangers of taking ecstasy or similar type drugs, which he described as “deadly poisons”.
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8th April 2014
The Young: 83% of teenagers alarmed over binge drinking - Bingeing culture biggest worry of teensBinge drinking and drug abuse among teenagers is a huge worry for most young people in Northern Ireland, a major poll for the Belfast Telegraph today reveals.
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8th April 2014
Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign is holding a COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN MEETINGCitywide Drugs Crisis Campaign is holding a COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN MEETING in the Gresham Hotel, O’Connell St. on Wednesday 9th April at 11a.m. which will be attended by spokespersons from all political parties.
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8th April 2014
Minimum alcohol pricing can bring our long-suffering pubs back to lifeMore than 1,300 pubs have called last orders in the past decade in Ireland, but those in the industry believe the trade can be saved.
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8th April 2014
Cork treatment centre trains addicts in resuscitation skills in effort to prevent overdose deathsA Cork treatment centre is training people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol in resuscitation skills in a bid to prevent death from overdose.
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8th April 2014
Tackling drug abuse one generation at a timeEdel is a child of her time and place – growing up in Dublin’s north inner city during the late 1970s and 1980s when a heroin epidemic hijacked a whole generation.
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7th April 2014
New Pilot Primary Healthcare Service for Marginalised Groups opens in LimerickA new pilot primary healthcare service for marginalised groups has opened in Limerick as part of an innovative model of research in primary care. The aim of the project is to improve access to primary health care for groups such as the homeless, drug users, travellers, migrants and others who have difficulties in accessing and availing of primary care services.
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