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5th November 2009
The growing sophistication in marketing legal alternatives to illicit drugs, so called legal highs,Europe is faced with an increasingly complex and volatile synthetic drug market, says the EU drugs agency EMCDDA. Suppliers are now highly innovative in their production processes, product ranges and marketing and are demonstrating their ability to adapt quickly to controls.
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4th November 2009
Homeless inject bath salts to get legal high.A homeless charity has expressed serious concern after learning that increasing numbers of rough sleepers on the Southside are intravenously using a legally available substance to get high.
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4th November 2009
Nine-in-10 on methadone are chronically ill.Nearly nine-in-10 opiate users in methadone treatment have one or more chronic illnesses, in addition to opiate dependence, according to new Irish research.
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2nd November 2009
Drug takers at rave party told to get medical assistance.Gardai have expressed concern that more people who attended a rave party on Hallowe’en in Dublin may need medical help.
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2nd November 2009
Three remain in hospital after Dublin drugs party.Eight people were taken to hospital early this morning after taking drugs at a Halloween party in west Dublin.
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31st October 2009
Elton John charity to fund needle centres.Sixty five extra needle exchanges are to be set up in pharmacies around the State.
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30th October 2009
New drugs.ie video featuring Peter SheridanPeter Sheridan, writer, theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director, talks openly about his own experiences of living with, and recovering from, an alcohol problem.
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27th October 2009
Drink-drive penalty points may be reduced.The number of penalty points to be issued for lower-level breaches of the proposed new drink-driving legislation is expected to be lower than originally envisaged, in order to persuade Fianna Fáil backbenchers to back the Road Traffic Bill.
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26th October 2009
Garda chief worried over rising heroin use.Garda commissioner Fachtna Murphy has expressed concern about Ireland’s rising heroin problem after a series of hard-drug related deaths.
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22nd October 2009
Plan for Ennis youth cafe defended.The manager of Ennis Town Council yesterday roundly rejected claims a new youth cafe for Ennis will be used as a methadone clinic and a needle exchange.