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8th December 2011
Dealers sell ‘packs’ of crack and head shop drugsDrugs formerly available in head shops are being sold in party packs with crack for as little as €40, a conference has heard.
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7th December 2011
Cigarettes to increase from midnightCigarettes are going up by 25 cent.
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7th December 2011
New drug counselling serviceA new drug and alcohol counselling service, which is free, is now available in the parish of Balbriggan.
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6th December 2011
Half of psychiatric admissions have a drug problemHalf of those admitted to a major psychiatric unit have a substance misuse problem, new research suggests.
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6th December 2011
International experts to examine the influence of social and economic environments on substance useEMCDDA to host conference of the European Society for Prevention Research
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5th December 2011
Addicts drinking hand sanitiser to get alcohol fixAlcoholics are drinking hand sanitiser in order to get their alcohol fix, the head of the Merchant’s Quay service has said.
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5th December 2011
638 people died in 2009 due to drug useNew figures show 638 people died as a result of drugs in 2009, with the number killed by heroin rising by 20%.
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5th December 2011
Health Research Board: 638 drug-related deaths and deaths among drug users in Ireland in 2009The number of heroin-related deaths increased by 20% in 2009.
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5th December 2011
Heroin use deaths soar but drink is main killerThe number of deaths from heroin use has more than trebled since records began.
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4th December 2011
We have moved!The drugs.ie service has transferred from Crosscare Drug and Alcohol Programme, to the Ana Liffey Drug Project, Dublin.
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