News
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12th December 2011
Trends in treated problem drug use: 52% rise in cases entering drug treatment from 2005 to 2010Figures released today by the Health Research Board (HRB) show a significant increase in the total number of people entering drug treatment in Ireland.
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12th December 2011
Update on the HSE Warning: Severe reaction to ecstasy ingestionLast week drugs.ie published a HSE warning in relation to three people presenting to the Emergency Department in Clonmel, County Tipperary, exhibiting sever symptoms (jaw clenching, teeth grinding, severe stomach cramps, and hallucinations) after reporting using ecstasy.
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12th December 2011
Unsafe sex: The more you drink the more likely you are to take risks – researchThe more a person drinks the more likely they are to have unprotected sex, according to research.
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10th December 2011
Sixteen young people dead - and now the Drugs Unit could be disbandedAs fears grow over the future of the Garda Drugs unit in Donegal, local campaigner, P.J. Blake has cited the drug related deaths of sixteen young people in the county in the last decade and a half.
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9th December 2011
GAA alcohol and drugs programme to be made compulsoryGAA clubs will have to ensure that they have policies in place in relation to alcohol and substance abuse, or they face being denied insurance.
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9th December 2011
House of the Oireachtas written answers - Alcohol tax yieldDeputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of revenue raised by the State since 2005 through the sale of alcohol products including income from excise and VAT and any information available regarding on or off premises sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9th December 2011
FETAC Level 5 Drug & Alcohol AddictionFETAC Level 5 Drug and Alcohol Addiction Component Certificate
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9th December 2011
Cut-price alcoholGovernment undertakings to ban the sale of cut-price alcohol in supermarkets and off-licences have been in circulation for more than three years.
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8th December 2011
HSE Warning: Severe reaction to ecstasy ingestionWithin the past week three persons have attended the Emergency Department in Clonmel, County Tipperary, exhibiting severe symptoms (jaw clenching, teeth grinding, severe stomach cramps, and hallucinations) after reporting using ecstasy.
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8th December 2011
Drug projects left in shock at slash in rehabilitation funding“It seems to me politicians are either stupid or think there’s no drug problem out there — that in some way methadone has solved the heroin problem and we have no one to buy cocaine.”






