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6th November 2013
Neglect, abuse most common factors for children in careNeglect, abuse and mental illness among parents are among the most common reasons for children coming before the child care courts, a project established last year to examine and report on childcare proceedings has found.
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6th November 2013
From the UK: Over-40s get more drug treatmentOver-40s are the largest group receiving publicly-funded drug treatment in England, new figures have revealed.
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6th November 2013
‘Who is Nidge from Love/Hate accountable to?’ – Ming kicks off Dáil cannabis debateIndependent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan this evening put forward a private members’ motion in the Dáil to introduce legislation to regulate the growing, selling and possession of cannabis in Ireland.
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6th November 2013
Pill offers hope of cure for deadly hepatitis CA pill containing two anti-viral drugs appears to cure currently untreatable hepatitis C, offering hope to patients at risk of serious liver damage and early death.
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6th November 2013
Cannabis-based medicinal drugs to be made available, says WhiteCannabis-based medicinal products are to be made available, Minister of State for Health Alex White told the Dáil last night.
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4th November 2013
Alarming report shows disturbing drug trendAdmissions to a locally based drug treatment centre are up by 37 per cent with many new clients presenting with cross-addictions to combinations of alcohol, cocaine and benzodiazepine pills.
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4th November 2013
Heroin returning to Tralee streetsTralee gardaí have warned that heroin is making a return to the town’s streets, but the drug’s use is confined to a small and specific community.
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4th November 2013
Asian migrants 75% of those jailed for cannabis cultivationAsian immigrants, many claiming trafficking or exploitation, make up 75 per cent of those going to prison for large scale cannabis cultivation in Ireland.
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4th November 2013
Nearly six per cent admit to drink driving, men more likely to do it than womenNearly six per cent of people polled by the AA have admitted to having driven whilst drunk with men more likely than women to drink and drive.
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4th November 2013
When debating cannabis law, let’s be honest about the risksLike many people of the 1960s generation, I smoked a bit of cannabis in my 20s. Did it do me any harm? Maybe not, but all that deep inhaling of the narcotic probably didn’t do my lungs much good either.