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15th July 2011
Alert on Ecstasy Risks from Tallaght Drugs Task ForceThere have been media reports from Scotland of several deaths from ecstasy. It has not been confirmed if the deaths are actually linked to ecstasy but it is known that “old style” MDMA is back in Scotland.
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14th July 2011
Drugs are up, divorce is down – the Irish courts in numbersThe Annual Report for 2010 from the Courts Service reveals that there was a 24 per cent increase in the number of drugs offences dealt with in the Circuit Criminal Court last year, when compared with 2009.
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14th July 2011
Alcohol-related illness costs Irish hospitals €800 million in 5 yearsAlcohol associated illness cost Irish hospitals more than €800 million in a five-year period and accounted for almost 9 per cent of all hospital bed days, far greater than previously thought, new research has found.
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13th July 2011
Alcohol a factor in poisoning deathsMore than one-third of people who died of alcohol-related liver disease were below 34 years of age, new figures reveal.
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13th July 2011
Alcohol abuse - Time to recognise social costThe findings of a report on trends of alcohol-related deaths in Ireland for the years 2004 to 2008, published yesterday by the Health Research Board, throws much needed light on what remains a serious issue in Irish society.
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13th July 2011
Most Irish drink harmfully and more than anyone else in EuropeMost Irish people drink in a harmful manner and our per capita consumption of alcohol is among the highest in Europe, a new report from the Health Research Board (HRB) reveals today.
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12th July 2011
More young Irish use synthetic drugsIreland has the highest number of young people who say they have used so-called psychoactive or synthetic drugs, according to a European Commission report.
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12th July 2011
Use of ‘legal highs’ highest in EUIreland’s young people remain the biggest users of “legal highs” in the EU as the number of synthetic drugs coming on the market increases at an alarming rate, a report has stated.
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10th July 2011
HSE warns of ‘coca tea’ dangers as person hospitalisedTea drinkers who rely on a cuppa for a quick ‘pick-me-up’ have been warned they could get more than they bargained for.
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8th July 2011
Prescribing heroin reduces abuse of the drugHeroin, alone or combined with methadone, should be used in long-term treatment of refractory opioid users, a Cochrane review suggests.