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24th February 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas Health Services: Motion - Drug Treatment ProgrammeDeputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health the cost of the methadone programme in an area (details supplied) for each of the years 2008 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24th February 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas Private Members Business - Local Drugs Task ForcesDeputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list any mainstream drug projects which have received funding from him since 1997; and if he will detail the amount of funding provided to each scheme in each of the years 1997 to date in 2012.
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24th February 2012
Over 250 pubs and off-licences targeted in underage-selling operationMore than 250 pubs and off-licences have been targeted in sting operations designed to curb the underage selling of alcohol since new legislation was introduced.
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24th February 2012
Ecstasy reaction killed studentA reaction to the drug ecstasy resulted in the death of a 22-year-old Cork student after last year’s Electric Picnic.
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23rd February 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas Health Services: Motion - Pricing OrdersDeputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support the re-introduction of a ban on below cost selling of alcohol products; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22nd February 2012
HSE Dublin Mid Leinster publishes Regional Service Plan 2012The HSE Dublin Mid Leinster (DML) Regional Service Plan 2012 was presented at a meeting of the Regional Forum today Tuesday, February 21.
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21st February 2012
Boozy films ‘turn children into drinkers’ doctors warnWatching films in which actors knock back alcohol can increase the risk of a child becoming an underage drinker, academics warn today.
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21st February 2012
Movie boozing influences teenYoung teens who watch a lot of movies featuring alcohol are twice as likely to start drinking compared to peers who watch relatively few such films, according to new US research.
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21st February 2012
Spirit of Fr Mathew needed to help us improve our relationship with alcoholRite & Reason: The battle cry of the Cork-born charismatic if sometimes controversial 19th century temperance leader Fr Theobald Mathew was, “Ar aghaigh linn in ainm Dé” (“Here goes in the name of God”).
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21st February 2012
Cannabis-based drugs may be available on prescription soonCannabis-based medicinal products, such as Sativex, could soon be available to sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and other medical conditions on prescription.
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