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29th November 2011
Alcohol ‘scare tactics’ do not affect over-14sChildren’s views toward alcohol dramatically changes between the ages of 12 and 14, when drink is no longer seen as a danger but a source of fun with friends.
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28th November 2011
UK: ‘Ecstasy’ clubbers die in hospitalTwo young clubbers suspected of taking ecstasy have died after separate dance music events at London’s Alexandra Palace this weekend, police said.
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28th November 2011
Crackdown on student drinking festival a successA Garda crackdown on a controversial student drinking festival, which had wreaked havoc in a Cork suburb, has been hailed a complete success.
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28th November 2011
Garda to test drivers for drugs in new yearFrom early in the new year motorists suspected of driving while under the influence of drugs are to be asked to perform a range of roadside physical tests.
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27th November 2011
Gang ‘godmothers’ taking over the family businessA peculaiar interaction of government policy on the placement of drug treatment centres in Dublin city centre, gang feuding, the mass-scale importation of drugs and tobacco and the traditional bread-winning role in women in inner city Dublin has created a new breed of “godmothers” now responsible for overseeing organised crime.
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27th November 2011
‘Alcohol and Literature’ DiscussionIs literature located at the bottom of a bottle?
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25th November 2011
House of the Oireachtas Written Answers - Sale of AlcoholDeputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health his plans to recommend the introduction of a minimum price order for the sale of alcohol in view of the below cost selling practice by some multinational supermarkets and the consequent impact of this practice on social order and public health.
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24th November 2011
Statistics show large rise in alcoholic liver diseaseResearch conducted by Dr Deirdre Mongan HRB and Prof Aiden McCormick, St. Vincents Hospital Dublin has shown a startling increase in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) between 1995 and 2009.
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24th November 2011
House of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - Substance MisuseQuestions for the Minister for Health
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24th November 2011
Decriminalising drugs would make this trade much worseFor those of us who have covered the district and circuit courts over many years, the parade of young people appearing before judges for unlawful possession of drugs can be disconcerting and sometimes upsetting.
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