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5th January 2012
Warning over slimming drugsMembers of the public has been advised to destroy slimming medicines bought online that contain illegal ingredients.
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5th January 2012
Connacht based training provider to bring FETAC course in drug and alcohol addiction to GalwayNationally renowned training and education provider The Learning Curve Institute has announced that its popular FETAC Level 5 component certificate in drug and alcohol addiction will run at the Westside Resource Centre, Galway, at the end of this month.
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4th January 2012
New Ross No Name Club discoNew Ross No Name Club will hold their next disco this Thursday, January 5 in the Horse and Hound.
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4th January 2012
65% rise in drug deal arrestsThere has been a worrying increase in drug dealing on the streets of Balbriggan in 2011 with an appalling 65% increase in the crime recorded in the first ten months of the year, according to Garda figures for the area which have been seen by the Fingal Independent.
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3rd January 2012
Ana Liffey’s Open Door Project Mullingar returns to a Mon-Fri ServiceAna Liffey Drug Project is pleased to announce that the Ana Liffey’s Open Door Project Mullingar has returned to a full Monday to Friday service as of today.
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3rd January 2012
Hard drug use on rise in DublinCommunity groups say they are increasingly worried by a rise in the use of hard drugs such as crack cocaine and crystal meth on the streets of Dublin.
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2nd January 2012
Drug treatment centres to closeThe possible closure of two large community based drug treatment programmes in Ballyfermot, which has one of the highest rates of drug misuse in the country, will have devastating consequences for the area, it has been warned.
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2nd January 2012
Record numbers of visits to drugs.ie in 2011The drugs.ie website recorded a record number of unique visits to the site in 2011.
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1st January 2012
War on illegal tobacco gangsMore people will die in 2012 from tobacco-related illness than alcohol or heroin, Fine Gael TD Derek Keating has warned.
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31st December 2011
Down the bottle, raise awarenessColin Regan never expected to be in this job. On February 21, 2010, his mind was only on football as he jogged out onto the pitch for the first run out of the year with Melvin Gaels, a day after firing 1-1 for the Leitrim senior footballers in a league game against Kilkenny.