News

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23rd February 2016
Just 3% of heroin in Ireland is seized, says UNAn estimated 97% of heroin being trafficked into Ireland is getting through undetected, according to a major report by the United Nations.
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19th February 2016
International addictions nursing conferenceThe Ireland Chapter of The International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) are delighted to announce that we will be hosting an International addictions nursing conference in co-operation with Dublin City University on 10th June 2016.
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19th February 2016
Cannabis Use and Risk of Psychiatric Disorders: A US Longitudinal StudyWith rising rates of marijuana use in the general population and an increasing number of states legalizing recreational marijuana use
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19th February 2016
Gangland violence: Inner city ‘in fear’ after terror returnThe gangland murders of the past fortnight have brought back “fear and terror” to a community already on its knees from cutbacks and neglect, the local drug task force has said.
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18th February 2016
‘Drug dealers threatened to kill my son for €30 debt’ - Mother speaks about intimidation her familA woman has spoken of the intimidation her family received from a local rural gang after her son failed to pay a €30 drug debt.
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17th February 2016
The downward spiral of indebted drug addictsViolence and sexual abuse – misery of drug debt hits users and families across country
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17th February 2016
Gangland violence: Top-level intervention ‘can halt feud’A top-level intervention group comprising community leaders, senior gardaí, and politicians should be set up to stop the gangland feud from escalating, a long-serving drug activist has said.
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17th February 2016
Campaigner calls for mini-Cab to target drug dealersYoung people attracted to lifestyle of criminals in trade, support worker Sue Collins says
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17th February 2016
As many as 30 lives a month are saved because of the injection centre this woman co-foundedTheJournal.ie speaks to the woman who opened North America’s only injection centre.
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16th February 2016
Drug dealers are even targeting users’ mothers to tighten their grip of fearA new survey has brought this intimidation light.