News
RSS-
21st June 2012
Strategic Response Group Report publishedStrategic Response Group publishes multi-agency report on street-level drug services and substance misuse related anti-social behaviour in Dublin city centre.
-
21st June 2012
Abuse, alcohol and neglect are common factorsAbuse, alcohol and neglect were common threads in the family lives of 112 dead children who had been monitored by the health services.
-
20th June 2012
Demon drink is polluting the world of sportI’ve had a busy couple of weeks.
-
20th June 2012
Drugs and alcohol – it’s up to you!A new resource manual about drugs and alcohol aimed at teenagers in Laois has just been launched.
-
20th June 2012
Narrowing of regional differences in the use of illegal drugsThe National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) today, 19th June 2012, presents the second bulletin from a series of seven arising from the data collected in the third drug prevalence survey Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2010/11.
-
20th June 2012
Fastest rise in drug use in south, study findsThere has been an alarming rise in recent drug use in Cork and Kerry, new figures show.
-
20th June 2012
Use of ecstasy continues to fallThe use of ecstasy has more than halved in the past four years, a survey for the State’s drug advisory committee has found.
-
20th June 2012
Alcohol now in top-shelf of Food Pyramid — DoHThe Department of Health has included alcohol in the top-shelf of the Food Pyramid, which has foodstuffs that contain approximately 100 calories and need to be restricted to only one serving per day.
-
20th June 2012
Addicts told help is availableAn event being held in Croke Park today is being billed by organisers as the biggest celebration of recovery from addiction held in Ireland.
-
19th June 2012
Narrowing of regional differences in the use of illegal drugsThe National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) today, 19th June 2012, presents the second bulletin from a series of seven arising from the data collected in the third drug prevalence survey Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2010/11.