News

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23rd January 2012
Health Committee to launch key report on the misuse of alcohol and drugsYou are invited to attend, or send a representative, to the launch of report, The misuse of alcohol and other drugs, by the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, on Tuesday, 24th January at 2pm in the AV Room of Leinster House.
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23rd January 2012
New test for cocaine users hailedA new psychological test can predict whether a cocaine addict is more likely to kick the habit during rehab, researchers have said.
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23rd January 2012
Supervised teenage alcohol use at home is not a good ideaHow do you effectively teach your children about alcohol?
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22nd January 2012
Drug purity ruling a blow for DPPThe DPP and gardai are considering the potential fallout from a legal ruling in a drug trafficking trial which last week saw charges dropped because the purity levels of the seized cocaine haul could not be proven.
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21st January 2012
GP guilty of drugs over-prescribingA Dublin GP has been found guilty of five allegations of poor professional performance after he over-prescribed benzodiazepines for patients with anxiety and insomnia.
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20th January 2012
Cheers to Shortall for igniting drink debate, but is she right?Junior minister Roísín Shortall should be congratulated on trying to stimulate a national debate on alcohol consumption, especially among young people.
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20th January 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas Written Answers - National Drugs StrategyDeputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if he has any plans to introduce drug rehabilitation reforms at this time similar to programmes introduced in Portugal which focuses resources on rehabilitation through education, training and therapy and succeeded in reducing illegal drug use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20th January 2012
Plans for new supervised drug injecting centre in DublinThe Ana Liffey Drug Project will outline its ambitious strategy for the next three years today, including plans to set up an injecting centre in Dublin.
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20th January 2012
Plans for consumption room to let drug users inject under supervisionA drug project plans to set up the country’s first consumption room to allow users inject drugs under medical supervision.
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19th January 2012
GP admits to prescription allegationsA Dublin-based doctor has admitted to five allegations of poor professional performance in prescribing tranquillisers to patients.