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25th May 2013
Last Minute Advice As Deadline For Drugs Media Awards Fast Approaches
“Take the opportunity to tackle the hard issues” is the advice from last year’s winner of the “Let’s Talk About Drugs” National Media Awards, as the Friday 31st May closing date for the competition draws near.
24th May 2013
How our drink-drive checks work
Under the Road Traffic Act 2010, a motorist who refuses or fails to comply immediately with a request from a garda at a checkpoint to undergo a breath test commits an offence.
23rd May 2013
Taoiseach conducts formal talks with tobacco indstry
Industry figures call on Government to reject proposals to ban menthol and roll-your-own products.
22nd May 2013
Call for national debate on decriminalising drugs
Community groups, health researchers, and academics are calling for a national debate on drug laws.
21st May 2013
Drugs crisis organisation call for decriminalisation of drug use
A drugs crisis organisation is urging the Government to treat drug use as a health issue instead of a criminal one.
21st May 2013
Alcohol, mental illness and bullying leading causes of suicide, says study
Problems with health services and lack of garda training highlighted.
20th May 2013
Ó Ríordáin calls for reintroduction of ban on below cost selling of alcohol
Labour Party Deputy for Dublin North Central, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called for the reintroduction of the ban on the below cost selling of alcohol as an interim measure to address alcohol misuse, especially among younger people.
18th May 2013
Two thirds of treatment centre’s clients stay drug-free
Drug addicts seeking help at one treatment centre are mostly in their 30s and more than half are from outside the capital, it was revealed at a celebration to mark 40 years of helping people rebuild their lives after drug addiction.
18th May 2013
Finding the right fix to treat addiction
It started with a prescription. The benzodiazepine tablets Dermot was given to cope with a bereavement allowed him to escape into sleep, a sensation he got hooked on quickly.
15th May 2013
Support for at-risk youths
An underlying and undetected mental health epidemic is causing young at-risk people to turn to alcohol, drugs and, possibly, suicide.

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