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11th November 2013
Online survey highlights drug use among ‘thirty somethings’A new opinion poll shows that just under 50% of Ireland’s ‘thirty somethings’ have experimented with some form of drugs.
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11th November 2013
Back from the cliff edgeIn July 2012 Francis Carey (48) from Kilkee, Co Clare, found himself standing at the edge of cliff thinking of taking his own life.
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11th November 2013
Two thirds of 4,200 overdoses intentionalMore than 4,200 overdoses were treated in hospitals in 2011, two thirds of them intentional, according to official figures.
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8th November 2013
Poll: Should employers screen employees for alcohol misuse?Experts in the UK have said there is onus on employers to prevent their staff from binge drinking or becoming dependent on alcohol.
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8th November 2013
Medical journal recommends alcohol misuse test for workersWorkers should be screened for alcohol misuse, according to an article in a leading medical journal.
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8th November 2013
‘Being on the street removes you from society’She had developed a heroin addiction; she needed money to feed it; and she didn’t want to be thieving.
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7th November 2013
Alan Shatter: Let’s prevent road deaths this winterEvery death on our roads is a tragic waste of a human life, very often a young life. It is true that road deaths in Ireland have been steadily decreasing in recent years, falling from 338 in 2007 to 161 in 2012, but the vast majority of road traffic collisions are preventable and every needless death on our roads is a tragedy too many.
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7th November 2013
Alarm at increase in alcohol deathsThe number of people who died from alcohol abuse in Northern Ireland increased by 40% in under a decade, it has been revealed.
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7th November 2013
Chris Macey: Big Tobacco’s black market theory goes up in smokeIt’s hard to fathom how an organisation that casts itself in the role of defender of personal freedom can share so much common ground with the tobacco industry.
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7th November 2013
Dáil rejects Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s cannabis regulation motionThe dáil has defeated independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s motion for the legalisation and regulation of cannabis in Ireland by eight votes to 111.