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10th July 2013
Questions and answers on electronic cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)What are electronic cigarettes?
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10th July 2013
Mark Keenan: Will EU ruling take the puff out of e-cigarette revolution?In a landmark ruling, the UK has decreed that electronic cigarettes are to be reclassified and regulated as ‘medicine’.
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9th July 2013
Cannabis drug will soon be on hand to ease MS patients’ symptomsWith legislation expected to be brought forward later this year, cannabis will soon be made legally available for the first time in Ireland. Who is it aimed at and how will it work?
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6th July 2013
Time to clear the air on cannabisUsers believe cannabis – most popular with higher socioeconomic groups – is now socially acceptable, and most people would like it legalised for medicinal use. But should it be?
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5th July 2013
No single drug linked to eight deathsNo single killer drug was responsible for the deaths of eight people in Northern Ireland over the last four weeks, police have said.
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5th July 2013
Gardaí examining ecstasy link in deathsGardaí are investigating two deaths thought to be related to the drug ecstasy at the same time the PSNI has warned drug takers in Belfast of the dangers of an ecstasy-style pill linked to eight deaths there.
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4th July 2013
Batch of ‘Green Rolex’ pills linked to deaths ‘kill users by overheating their bodies’A deadly batch of pills linked to eight deaths in Northern Ireland contain highly toxic chemicals that kill users by overheating their bodies, the PSNI has warned.
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3rd July 2013
We are ourselves the most persistent purveyors of the image of the drinking IrishIn recent weeks, we got a degree of insight into the kinds of pressures being exerted on the Government over some of its proposed public health policies in relation to alcohol.
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3rd July 2013
Fresh row over ban on alcohol sponsors in sportJunior Health Minister Alex White has said that the connection between sport and alcohol is “wrong” and should be broken.
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2nd July 2013
Committee opposes ban on alcohol sponsorshipPoliticians are opposing any ban on alcohol sponsorship of sporting events and instead want an “addiction” fund set up and stronger regulations for marketing drink.