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19th November 2009
Councillors fight students annual bingeing fiasco.Politicians have united to oppose college students’ plans for a “daytime alcohol bingeing fiasco”” which wreaked havoc in a Cork suburb last year.
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19th November 2009
Trebling of deaths linked to drug use.More than 230 drug users have hanged themselves or drowned over an eight-year period, according to research.
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16th November 2009
Halloween party victims took date rape drug not GHBRevellers who were rushed to hospital after taking drugs at a Halloween party had not taken liquid ecstasy, as gardaí originally believed, but a chemical used as a paint stripper which has achieved notoriety as a ‘date rape’ drug.
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12th November 2009
Minister John Curran Announces Capital Funding for Vital Ana Liffey Drug Project.John Curran T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy has sanctioned a grant of €35,000 to Ana Liffey Drug Project, based on Middle Abbey Street in Dublin City.
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11th November 2009
Exclusive video footage from the Irish Needle Exchange Forum Conference.Drugs.ie have added two new videos to our media section. Both videos were recorded at last weeks inaugural Irish Needle Exchange Forum conference in Killarney.
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10th November 2009
Drug induced deaths here more than twice EU average .IRELAND has the fifth highest mortality rate from drugs in Europe, the EU drugs agency has said.
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9th November 2009
The rise of legal highs.Since cocaine sales have plummeted in the past 12 months – due to the recession – drug dealers have been forced to adapt.
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5th November 2009
Minister hits back at drug strategy criticism.A Northside drugs crisis centre that was launched last week has slammed the Government over the new National Drugs Strategy. However, Minister of State with the Responsibility for Drugs, John Curran, has hit back at the claim.
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5th November 2009
Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe launched.Today the EMCDDA launched its Annual report on the the state of the drugs problem in Europe. The report, available in 23 languages, provides the latest European data and commentary on the drug situation across the 27 EU Member States, Croatia, Turkey and Norway.
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5th November 2009
Latest drug trends across Europe. HRB compares Irish situation with European findings.European countries are faced with a new drug market which sells legal alternatives to illegal drugs, such as cannabis and stimulants according to the latest report on the state of the drugs problem published by the European Monitoring Committee on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).