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24th November 2011
Number of young adults with alcoholic liver disease quadruplesThe number of young adults who have developed alcoholic liver disease has almost quadrupled in just 14 years, new research has found.
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24th November 2011
Shock rise in alcohol liver diseaseDeath rates from alcoholic liver disease (ALD) in Ireland have seen a massive increase during the Celtic Tiger years, according to a new study.
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24th November 2011
House of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - Drugs in PrisonsDeputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug-free units within the Irish Prison Service
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23rd November 2011
More men using drugs but rates for women falling, survey findsActive drug use is increasing among men but is falling among women, a survey has revealed.
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22nd November 2011
Children’s paracetamol dose under reviewThe amount of paracetamol that should be given to children is being reviewed by the state’s drug policing body following a decision to cut it in half in Britain.
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22nd November 2011
Irish cocaine use ‘may have peaked’Cocaine use may have peaked in Ireland, latest figures suggest.
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22nd November 2011
Irish illegal drug use ‘in decline’The consumption of illegal drugs has peaked across the Republic and is now in decline among most age groups for most drug types, a new nationwide study has found.
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22nd November 2011
Drugs survey reveals that level of recent and current drug use remains stableMen and those aged 15-24 have highest recent use of illegal drugs.
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22nd November 2011
Meet the middle-class ‘sophisticated alcoholics’Are you just a ‘normal’ person who maybe enjoys a few drinks after work or a few glasses of wine at home—it’s all part of unwinding, just a bit of harmless letting off of steam. You’re in control though—it’s not as if you can’t get up for work in the morning or forget to pay the mortgage.
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22nd November 2011
Teenage drug use ‘widespread’, survey revealsGrass, hash, headshop drugs, ecstasy or pills, and, on a smaller scale, cocaine, are, in order of popularity, the drugs of choice among Irish teens, more of whom profess to drug taking than cigarette smoking, according to a new survey.
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