News

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1st February 2019
‘We’ve been to too many funerals’: Study shows one third of homeless deaths linked to drugs or alcohA new study looked at the deaths of over 200 homeless people in Dublin over five years
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31st January 2019
First trial shows e-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches and gum for quittersCurrently, 10% of Irish ex-smokers use e-cigarettes
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31st January 2019
First trial shows e-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches and gum for quittersCurrently, 10% of Irish ex-smokers use e-cigarettes
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30th January 2019
Staying dry: How my month off booze turned into a life of sobrietyAs ‘Dry January’ draws to a close, you might be debating staying sober. That’s exactly what writer Kate Gunn did
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30th January 2019
Drug organisations urge Govt to stop criminalising personal drug useThe Government has been urged not to accept any proposals from a high-level committee that would continue to criminalise the possession of drugs for personal use.
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29th January 2019
Mortality rates up to 10 times higher for homeless peopleMortality rates up to 10 times higher for homeless people
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28th January 2019
Dealers make violent threats against 12-year-olds over cannabis debtParents of addicts have remortgaged their homes in some cases to pay off drug debts
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25th January 2019
Tusla and HSE join forces in new initiativeHSE/Tusla partnership provides training for frontline health and social service staff working with affected children
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24th January 2019
A warning on the failure to take cannabis use seriouslyA warning on the failure to take cannabis use seriously
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22nd January 2019
Big increase in heroin addiction in Cork and KerryTask force records ‘aging profile’ of people abusing drug in the south