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7th August 2013
Minister for Health asked to clarify legal status of e-cigarettesGovernment Chief Whip Paul Kehoe has written to the Minister for Health to clarify the health implications and legal status of electronic cigarettes.
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6th August 2013
Drug treatment services for addicts in Northern Ireland ‘unsatisfactory’Unsatisfactory treatment services are available for drug addicts in Northern Ireland, a High Court judge said today.
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6th August 2013
Doctors hail minimum alcohol priceA minimum price of at least 50p should be set for small amounts of alcohol in Northern Ireland, doctors said.
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6th August 2013
Sharp increase in seizures of potentially dangerous counterfeit alcohol in year to dateRevenue warns that illegal spirits may contain methanol which can cause blindness
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6th August 2013
Just eight out of 20 beds in operation at successful HSE rehab unitA HSE-operated rehab facility in the Phoenix Park in Dublin has a 50 per cent success rate but yet it is operating at less than half its full capacity.
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2nd August 2013
How will Uruguay’s marijuana law work?On July 31st the lower house of Uruguay’s congress narrowly voted to legalise the production, sale and consumption of marijuana (cannabis).
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2nd August 2013
Dealing with drinkAnother year and more political foostering about what to do about Ireland’s drink problem.
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1st August 2013
Middle classes ‘are aiding drug barons’The middle classes “who live in leafy suburbs” must refrain from recreational drug use in order to curtail the power of drug barons and the spread of narcotics in jails.
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1st August 2013
Uruguay set to legalise marijuanaUruguay has moved a step closer to becoming the first country in the world to create a legal marijuana industry in an attempt to fight organised crime.
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1st August 2013
Reilly accuses tobacco firms of targeting young peopleHealth Minister James Reilly has accused tobacco companies of “targeting” the young in a bid to get teenagers to take up smoking.
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