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19th December 2011
Role of drink in self-harming revealedOne in six boys aged 10 to 14 had been drinking alcohol when they self-harmed, figures reveal.
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17th December 2011
Donegal Alcohol Group Pleads with people to drink moderately this ChristmasDonegal’s leading alcohol advice body has pleaded with people to be responsible around booze this Christmas.
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17th December 2011
Houses of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - National Drugs StrategyDeputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for Health the progress of the new national substance misuse strategy; when this document will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17th December 2011
Houses of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - Drugs Task ForcesDeputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding to a drugs task force (details supplied); the amount that is spent on salaries and administration; the amount that is spent on projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17th December 2011
Budget cuts won’t affect drink-drive crackdown, warn gardaiGardai have promised a major crackdown on drink driving over Christmas despite having budgets slashed and numbers cut.
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16th December 2011
International: Dutch to ban hash sale to foreignersAMSTERDAM – The reputation of the Netherlands as the go-to country for a legal joint will begin to vanish like a puff of smoke next year as sales to foreigners of cannabis and hashish in coffee shops are banned.
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15th December 2011
Alcohol ‘killing one person every seven hours’Alcohol kills one person every seven hours, a public health expert has said.
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15th December 2011
Time called on alcohol abuseThe Joint Oireachtas Health Committee faces new challenges in its efforts against alcohol abuse.
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15th December 2011
Warning over ecstasy pills after three hospitalisedA health warning was issued yesterday after three people were hospitalised as a result of a bad batch of the party drug ecstasy.
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15th December 2011
From smoke to coke?Tobacco has long been recognised as the main ‘gateway drug’ and new research has suggested that smokers are more inclined to crave cocaine.
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