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4th January 2010
Gardai reduced estimated value for ecstasy tablets.Gardai have reduced their estimated value for ecstasy tablets, sparking fears of a series of legal challenges by individuals caught in possession of drugs.
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30th December 2009
Alcohol more damaging than drugs.Alcohol is doing more damage to Irish society than illegal drugs, a leading researcher has warning.
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27th December 2009
Cannabis: we can see clearly now.Yet another study has shown that cannabis is linked to psychotic reactions in young people.
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22nd December 2009
Proposals to ban display of codeine.Pharmacists will not be able to display codeine-containing products such as Solpadeine and Nurofen Plus in their stores under new guidelines due to come into effect next year.
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21st December 2009
The legal drugs trade is pulling in high profits.Owners of head shops seem to be making high profits. Irish Head Shop (IHS) Enterprises, which has a store in Dublin’s Temple Bar selling products which mimic the effects of illegal drugs, made a €1.68m profit last year.
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21st December 2009
Warning on lethal batch of heroin following spike in deaths.The Garda National Drugs Unit is conducting an urgent investigation on foot of a significant spike in the number of suspected drug-related deaths in the Dublin area since the start of this month.
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18th December 2009
Concern as drug rehab projects have funding axedNearly 40 drug rehabilitation projects are having their funding axed, and 11 face closure, a Dáil committee was told yesterday.
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14th December 2009
President praises work of addiction centre.Addiction is the blight of all blights in many Irish lives, homes and communities, but it is an enemy that can be overcome, President Mary McAleese has said.
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14th December 2009
Six hospitalised after taking legal high drugs.Six young people were admitted to Cork University Hospital (CUH) in the past 10 days suffering the ill-effects of herbal highs.
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13th December 2009
Government in bid to put head shops out of business with costly public insurance.The government is to introduce new measures that will attempt to put alternative lifestyle shops, which sell a range of legal highs, out of business permanently.