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17th December 2011
Budget cuts won’t affect drink-drive crackdown, warn gardaiGardai have promised a major crackdown on drink driving over Christmas despite having budgets slashed and numbers cut.
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16th December 2011
International: Dutch to ban hash sale to foreignersAMSTERDAM – The reputation of the Netherlands as the go-to country for a legal joint will begin to vanish like a puff of smoke next year as sales to foreigners of cannabis and hashish in coffee shops are banned.
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15th December 2011
Alcohol ‘killing one person every seven hours’Alcohol kills one person every seven hours, a public health expert has said.
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15th December 2011
Time called on alcohol abuseThe Joint Oireachtas Health Committee faces new challenges in its efforts against alcohol abuse.
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15th December 2011
Warning over ecstasy pills after three hospitalisedA health warning was issued yesterday after three people were hospitalised as a result of a bad batch of the party drug ecstasy.
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15th December 2011
From smoke to coke?Tobacco has long been recognised as the main ‘gateway drug’ and new research has suggested that smokers are more inclined to crave cocaine.
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14th December 2011
Health Committee to continue its examination of alcohol marketingThe Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children will conclude its examination of the effects of alcohol marketing on young people with a number of meetings this week.
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13th December 2011
Byrne calls for urgent action to tackle spiralling drug problemFine Gael Dublin South Central TD, Catherine Byrne, has today (Tuesday) called for the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children to address our spiralling drug problem.
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13th December 2011
Double-edged role of alcohol in suicidal talkYoung men may be more likely to admit to thoughts of suicide when under the influence of alcohol, research from suicide prevention charity 3TS (Turn the Tide of Suicide) has found.
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13th December 2011
Cannabis use on rise, report showsCannabis overtook heroin last year as the “most common problem drug” among new cases on treatment programmes.