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16th April 2013
Taste of beer ‘makes you want to drink more’The taste of beer releases a chemical in the brain which makes people want to drink more and take other drugs, research has found.
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16th April 2013
Alcohol pricing plan to go before departmentsNew rules on minimum pricing for alcohol and guidelines for drink advertising for sports events will be signed off this week by the Department of Health before going to Cabinet.
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15th April 2013
Let’s Talk about Drugs Media Awards 2013: Judges PanelMeet three members of this year’s Judging Panel
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12th April 2013
Gastroenterologists call for action on cheap alcoholThe Irish Society of Gastroenterology has called on the Government to introduce a 1 per cent levy on alcohol advertising and sponsorship expenditure.
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12th April 2013
Cut booze and cut cancer – charityDrinkers are being urged to cut their alcohol intake to reduce their risk of cancer.
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12th April 2013
More deaths ‘down to banned highs’More young people are dying from recently outlawed legal highs in Northern Ireland, a coroner said.
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9th April 2013
Legal highs ‘should be sold like alcohol’‘Legal high’ drugs should be sold by pharmacists in the same way as alcohol in pubs so that doctors will know what teens have taken when they overdose, the UK government’s former chief drugs adviser has said.
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8th April 2013
Taoiseach ‘must give leadership in fight against alcohol abuse’Taoiseach Enda Kenny needs to “give leadership” in tackling alcohol abuse and persuade ministers resisting change “to play their part”, former drugs minister Roisín Shortall has said.
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7th April 2013
Alcohol - set an example to the kids on drinkThe manager of Derry City FC has backed a new campaign asking parents not to drink during family celebrations.
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7th April 2013
Response to our chronic addiction is a sick jokeThe Government is just as guilty as the deluded population it serves for ignoring a seemingly terminal problem with alcohol, writes Terence Cosgrave.