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13th February 2014
Tobacco firms to argue against plain packaging for cigarettesThe Law Society will attend a meeting of the Oireachtas Health Committee today to outline its strong opposition to the Government proposals to introduce legislation that will require tobacco products to use plain packaging.
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13th February 2014
GPs insist less is more in battle to curb drink abuseGPs are calling time on ” problem pourers” who are overly generous when serving themselves an alcoholic drink or two at home.
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13th February 2014
Column: We owe it to the next generation to fight tobacco with everything we’ve gotHow can we protect our young people from the tactics of the tobacco industry? The answer is simple: plain packaging, writes Kathleen O’Meara.
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13th February 2014
Colette Brown: Why should teenagers become criminals for taking the odd spliff?These days it’s increasingly popular for politicians to admit to smoking cannabis in their youth, so why are we still criminalising young people for the same behaviour?
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12th February 2014
One drugs death every four days in Northern Ireland, research showsThere was an average of one drug-related death every four days in Northern Ireland between 2008 and 2012, new statistics have revealed.
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12th February 2014
GPs in new safe drinking initiativeGPs will be able to show patients what a standard drinks measure is under a new alcohol initiative being launched by the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP).
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12th February 2014
Fitzgerald says censorship not the answer to NeknominationThe Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has said she does not believe censorship is the answer following the emergence of the Neknomination internet challenge in Ireland.
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12th February 2014
From Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland drug deaths ‘different from rest of UK’Drugs-related deaths in Northern Ireland are mostly linked to prescription drugs, unlike other regions of the UK, a study suggests.
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11th February 2014
860 fewer people would be killed by alcohol every year if minimum pricing was introducedIreland is set to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol in the near future.
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11th February 2014
Call for abstracts: European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research SymposiumCoolmine Therapeutic Community invite you to be a part the European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research symposium by submitting an abstract to: www.coolmine.ie/images/ewodordta/AbstractFormEWODOR.doc by March 7th 2014
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