News

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29th April 2016
SMART Recovery pilot phase 2: Calls for expressions of interest (BCAT)Bray Community Addiction Team (BCAT), through the guidance of the National Steering Group, call for expressions of interest from addiction services and related agencies to participate in the second phase of the SMART Recovery pilot initiative.
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29th April 2016
‘An utter warrior’: Cork family appeals for little girl to be allowed use cannabis-based medicineSome 11 types of pharmaceutical medication have failed to improve Ava Barry’s condition.
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29th April 2016
TD: ‘Don’t jail people for €300 of cocaine’People should not be jailed for possessing €300 worth of cocaine, a new TD has said.
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26th April 2016
Major Honour For Local Alcohol Task ForceFollowing a comprehensive scoring process, the North Dublin Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force, which is based in Swords, has been selected as a site for the National NCAAP (National Community Action on Alcohol Programme) for 2016.
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26th April 2016
Rise in detection of drink drivingDetections for drink driving are up this year despite a significant drop in the number of people being breathalysed.
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25th April 2016
Students warned over ‘brain viagra’Final-year college students are buying dangerous attention deficit disorder drugs, dubbed ‘brain viagra’, as the college exam season gets under way.
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22nd April 2016
Calls for action after three drug deaths in the last weekOutgoing drugs strategy minister Aodhán Ó’Ríordáin has joined calls for action on the drugs problem after three suspected drug-related deaths in the last week.
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21st April 2016
Time for new approach to drug problem, says Sinn Féin TDTelling people not to take illegal drugs “has not worked”, a Sinn Féin TD said today.
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20th April 2016
President praises arts project for drug usersPresident Michael D Higgins praised an arts project for drug users, saying it empowers people to explore “positive aspects” of themselves, to defeat the “negative”.
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20th April 2016
The UN has been told to end the War on DrugsDelegates from the European Union, Switzerland, Brazil, Costa Rica, Uruguay among others called for abolishing capital punishment for drug criminals.