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2nd October 2008
CAD 25th Anniversary Training Day for Community Workers.
Fresh Challenges Community Awareness: A full day event focusing on new aspects of drug abuse in Ireland.
2nd October 2008
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Outreach Project (DROP) announce information evening: Families coping with ad
Information Evening: Families Coping with Addiction.
30th September 2008
Dial to Stop Drug Dealing programme expanded
The Dial to Stop Drug Dealing scheme, which has been successfully piloted for 2 years in Blanchardstown, is being rolled out to other areas of Dublin.
30th September 2008
New Podacast: Launch of B-Smart Programme
B>Smart, A comprehensive response to alcohol issues in Clondalkin was be launched last week by Minister John Curran T.D. (Minister of State with special responsibility for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs at the Department of Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs), in the presence of South Dublin County Council Deputy Mayor Gus O’Connell, in Ronanstown Youth Service, Neilstown Village, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
29th September 2008
Sharp rise in number of professionals seeking cocaine addiction treatment
There has been a 50 per cent increase in the number of professionals and executives seeking cocaine treatment in Ireland in the last three years, according to the acting head of Ireland’s largest private addiction treatment centre.
25th September 2008
Parents, teachers pay to bring drugs experts to schools.
Schools, parents and even teachers are having to pay to get experts into classrooms to talk to students about drugs, a Dáil committee heard yesterday.
22nd September 2008
90% of young drug abusers have cocaine problem.
Nine out of 10 young people attending the country’s only residential drug treatment centre for adolescents have a cocaine problem.
22nd September 2008
Family key to beating our drink culture
The abuse of alcohol by parents has a greater impact on a child than advertising by the drinks industry, according to the head of the country’s only residential treatment centre for children.
17th September 2008
€2m allocated for drug projects.
Almost €2 million was allocated to about 30 projects addressing cocaine use or providing rehabilitation services to recovering drug addicts.
17th September 2008
Psychiatrists call for total ban on alcohol advertising
A group of psychiatrists has called for a complete ban on all alcohol advertising and sponsorship in Ireland.

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