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1st June 2013
Record number of synthetic chemicals detectedTwo young mothers in Co Louth were out of danger last night after consuming cannabis, initially thought to have been contaminated.
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31st May 2013
Problem of illegal drug contamination increasingAnalysis: illegal drug industry adopting pharmaceutical techniques to create ever stronger products
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30th May 2013
Just one alcoholic drink a day increases risk of cancer.Just one alcoholic drink a day increases the chances of a person developing cancer and the only way to eliminate the risk is go teetotal.
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30th May 2013
Women seriously ill after consuming ‘contaminated cannabis’Gardaí in Louth investigating if drug was mixed with a synthetic substance.
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29th May 2013
Irish people are drinking 700 times more than we shouldIrish people are at a high risk of cancer as a result of the amount we drink – with the most recent figures available showing the average drinker aged over 15 consumes over 11 litres of pure alcohol every year.
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29th May 2013
New report reveals the latest drug trends in EuropeThe European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) will publish their European Drug Report 2013: Trends and developments today.
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29th May 2013
Steroid drug use on the increase in Ireland, study of drug users in Dublin has found.Addiction to steroid drugs in Ireland is increasing, though those who take them don’t identify themselves as drug users and are often in employment, the chief executive of Merchants Quay Ireland, Tony Geoghegan, said yesterday.
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29th May 2013
Prohibition-era logic not the answer to drug abuseOpinion: There is no single, simple solution to the complex problem of addiction.
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29th May 2013
EU warning over ‘relentless supply’ of synthetic drugsEurope is being bombarded with a “relentless supply” of new synthetic drugs, posing unknown risks to users, the European drugs agency has warned.
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29th May 2013
Branding to be banned on cigarette boxesThe end of branded packaging for cigarettes will protect many teenagers from taking up the habit that claims the lives of more than 5,200 Irish people a year, Health Minister James Reilly has claimed.