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21st April 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - National Substance Misuse StrategyDeputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports the steering group’s report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy; and if it will be supporting the implementation of its recommendations that drinks industry sponsorship of sporting events here should be phased out through legislation by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20th April 2012
Ecstasy use can lead to depressionTeenagers who take ecstasy are much more likely to suffer with depression, according to Canadian researchers.
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20th April 2012
Surge expected in liver cirrhosis casesA significant surge in liver disease is expected to take place in Ireland over the next 20 years as a long-term legacy of the country’s heroin problem, a leading public health medicine expert has claimed.
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19th April 2012
Treating heroin users with heroin works – EU reportSupervised heroin use has been found to be of more benefit to chronic and ‘untreatable’ heroin users than any other treatment, a new study has found.
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19th April 2012
Antidote for cocaine overdose shows promise in UK lab testsBack from the dead: Antidote for cocaine overdose shows promise in lab tests.
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19th April 2012
Young Irish immigrants risking health to sample the high lifeThere was a time when recreational drugs were the highs of choice for the middle-class youth and hippies.
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19th April 2012
ICGP backs greater controls on alcoholBy Dara Gantly. The ICGP has publicly come out in support of the Government’s intentions to legislate to reduce the level of alcohol abuse in Ireland.
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18th April 2012
Damaging effects of alcohol abuse seen by GPs every dayAlcohol abuse increases violence in the community and the home and has lead to an unprecedented increase in liver disease here the ICGP has said.
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17th April 2012
Drunk drivers may face new sanctionsMotorists caught over the alcohol limit or driving dangerously may be subject to a new range of sanctions, including retraining or the requirement to fit an alcolock or speed monitoring system to their vehicle.
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17th April 2012
Community Awareness of Drugs: Drugs and Alcohol InterventionsCommunity Awareness of Drugs: Drugs and Alcohol Interventions