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28th January 2014
Young people believe alcohol facilitates the majority of ‘sexual hook ups’Young people are totally unable to talk about sex, let alone negotiate consent, finds a new report by the Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) on young people, alcohol and sex.
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28th January 2014
Cancer levels will double by 2040, report revealsThe latest projections from the National Cancer Registry (NCRI) show that, with the exception of leukaemia in males, all cancer types are projected to increase.
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28th January 2014
Government failing to prevent rape and sexual violence while alcohol gets offenders off the hook.Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald this morning (28th Jan.) launches new Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) research on Young People, Alcohol and Sex, undertaken by Pádraig MacNeela and his research team in NUI Galway.
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27th January 2014
How more people died on methadone than heroin in IrelandMore methadone users than heroin users died in one year in Ireland, according to new figures.
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27th January 2014
Investigating Cannabis: Weeding out crimeTo one seasoned community worker, who is far from a scaremonger, the cannabis now is not cannabis as previous generations know it.
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26th January 2014
On cannabis, it’s still Ming versus the mercilessIn the US, even Barack Obama wants an open discussion on drugs. In Ireland that debate is set to stagnate.
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26th January 2014
Drug crime can’t be broken down simply into a battle of ‘good’ versus ‘evil’The link between educational underachievement, literacy, social empowerment and a drugs and crime culture is real and also extremely complex, says Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.
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24th January 2014
New cigarette packaging to be agreedThe size and position of warnings on cigarette packets could be agreed today.
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23rd January 2014
Videos from National Drugs Strategy Conference, Dublin Castle, January 2014A National Drugs Strategy Conference was held in Dublin Castle on 16th January 2014, speakers included Susan Scally, Head of Drug Policy Unit, Department of Health, Minister of state for Primary Care, Alex White TD, An Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore TD
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23rd January 2014
One person dies from a drug overdose every day in IrelandAn average of one person dies from a drug overdose every day, according to new figures on drugs-related deaths in Ireland.
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