News
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14th January 2009
Irish Examiner Special Report. Drugs in Ireland: one year on.Just over a year ago, Irish Examiner journalists visited six cities and towns to witness the extent of the drugs problems firsthand. Last week, they returned to see if anything has changed.
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13th January 2009
National Meeting Endorses Campaign StrategyOver 150 activists and community reps met in St Andrews Resource Centre in Pearse St, to agree a campaign of action to highlight the damage that is being done by the dismantling of the partnership process in the National Drugs Strategy.
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13th January 2009
Mixed reaction to drink website.Diageo is launching its responsible drinking website this week but what are its aims?
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13th January 2009
Service of Commemoration and Hope.The Family Support Network - Supporting Family Members Living with Drug Use - invite you to the 10th annual ‘Service of Commemoration and Hope’in rememberance of those who died from drug use and related causes.
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13th January 2009
The impact of addiction.Part 2 of the excellent UK Blog Wired in to Recovery ‘Life as a heroin addict’ series. Service users discuss how heroin addiction impacts on all aspects of a person’s life. This includes their health, family relations, accommodation and finances
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12th January 2009
Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008In November and December 2008, six cases of suspect wound botulism were reported in heroin injecting drug users, all residents in Dublin, Ireland.
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7th January 2009
Study finds schoolchildren aged 10 are sniffing glueA small number of children, some aged as young as 10, have admitted sniffing glue, according to a new study.
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6th January 2009
North Inner City Local Drugs Task Force pays tribute to the late Tony Gregory T.D.The people of Dublin’s north inner city have lost a true champion with the sad passing of Tony Gregory”
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5th January 2009
Development of Ireland’s drug strategy 2000–2007This overview seeks to analyse the National Drugs Strategy as policy instrument: it explores how the NDS was designed and developed, and the strategic management processes and governance arrangements put in place to support implementation.
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4th January 2009
Drug debts driving teen users to suicideGardai are encountering an increasing number of cases where young people in debt to drug dealers, and in fear of brutal beatings or being shot, are taking their own lives or dying from suspected drug overdoses.






