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19th April 2015
Action on Alcohol Week 2015 launchesAction on Alcohol Week aims to raise awareness of the critical need to reduce alcohol consumption and the widespread harm that excessive drinking causes in Ireland today.
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19th April 2015
DCU academics attack Diageo’s €1m funding for drinking campaignTwo of DCU’s leading academics have criticised the controversial Diageo-funded ‘Stop Out-of-Control Drinking’ campaign, despite the fact that it is being backed by the university.
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19th April 2015
Pouring our lives away? The rise of the female wineaholicIt’s the civilised drink women across the country uncork on a daily basis but many don’t notice the glasses of wine adding up - or know the real damage they can do.
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17th April 2015
‘Some people have a romantic, bleary-eyed view of cannabis … They’re wrong’Fianna Fáil thinks the government isn’t doing enough to tackle Ireland’s drug problem so the party has launched its own policy on the issue.
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17th April 2015
E-cigarettes may ‘increase smokers’ dependency’Using e-cigarettes may increase smokers’ dependence on nicotine, as new research shows that two in three users are also smoking tobacco.
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17th April 2015
Fianna Fáil: Emphasis must be on becoming drug-freeOne out of three heroin addicts on methadone treatment have been on the substitute drug for more than 10 years, figures released yesterday show.
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16th April 2015
Fianna Fáil calls for appointment of Minister for DrugsFianna Fáil has called for a Minister of Drugs to be appointed to tackle the drugs crisis.
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16th April 2015
FF PROPOSES RADICAL NEW APPROACH TO TACKLING DRUGS CRISISFianna Fáil has published a National Drugs Action Plan to respond to the escalating drugs crisis, the changes in patterns of drug abuse and the worrying lack of coordination between existing services.
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15th April 2015
‘Public health’ initiatives by the drinks industry do not work and should not be allowedThe ‘Googly’ is a deceptive delivery in cricket by a skilled spin bowler that turns the wrong way. In simple terms it moves in a direction you would not expect. In English speaking circles, it is called the ‘wrong’un’ because it is one that travels the wrong way.
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14th April 2015
Concerned about your drug use? This test will tell you how harmful it isAn interactive self-assessment tool for drug users has been launched on the drugs.ie website to allow adults to complete an online test to identify harmful drug use.
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