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25th May 2012
Scotland backs minimum alcohol costScotland has become the first part of the UK to back minimum pricing for alcohol.
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23rd May 2012
From Northern Ireland: End to ‘irresponsible’ alcohol advertsA new code of practice aimed at tackling irresponsible alcohol advertising in Northern Ireland has been launched.
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23rd May 2012
New Feature: Dial to Stop Drug Dealing partnership with CrimestoppersDrugs.ie has produced a video feature focusing on the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign. The campaign is being run in partnership with Crimestoppers and was officially launched yesterday in Donore Youth and Community Centre, Donore Avenue, Dublin 8.
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23rd May 2012
Drugs debt scheme likely to go nationwideGarda Commissioner Martin Callinan has said a project aimed at helping families being intimidated over drugs debts is succeeding, with the Government saying the scheme could be expanded across the country.
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23rd May 2012
Younger drivers’ drug and mobile use is on the riseDanger signs are emerging from surveys over the past few months that drug-driving and using mobiles while at the wheel are on the rise among younger motorists.
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22nd May 2012
Warning over sale of prescription drugsThe illicit sale of prescription drugs in Dublin’s city-centre has become a “far more significant problem” than the sale of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy or cannabis combined, the Lord Mayor of Dublin has warned.
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22nd May 2012
Shane’s take lead on substance abuseShane O’Neill’s have taken the unprecedented move of promoting the message of the GAA’s Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) programme on its senior team jerseys.
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22nd May 2012
Minister Shortall launches the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing partnership with CrimestoppersRóisín Shortall, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy, today (Tuesday 22nd May 2012) launched the 2012 Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign, in association with Crimestoppers in Donore Youth and Community Centre, Donore Avenue, Dublin 8.
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21st May 2012
New laws to combat tranquilliser street salesNew laws to combat the street sale of tranquillisers are expected to form part of a government action plan to be published this year.
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21st May 2012
‘No slippage’ on ban on sponsorship by alcohol firmsTánaiste Eamon Gilmore has insisted there is “no slippage” in the Government’s plan to ban sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry, despite Minister of State for Health Róisín Shortall’s admission it could take 10 years.