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1st February 2016
Is alcohol a necessary element of student life?We need to have a discussion on how the promotion and consumption of alcohol is impacting our health.
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29th January 2016
Warning about risks of drug tests in clubsThe testing of illicit drugs in clubs would need to be underpinned by quality control, a symposium in Dublin was told yesterday.
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29th January 2016
Death of Alex Ryan ‘a wake-up’ call for politiciansSinn Féin drugs spokesman Jonathan O’Brien is seeking to reverse the party’s opposition to the decriminalisation of drug use at its ard fheis in April.
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27th January 2016
HSE expert warns that proposed drug-testing kits ‘don’t work’The manager of addiction services in the HSE South claims that widespread use of drug-testing kits would lull young people in to a false sense of security.
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27th January 2016
Alcohol sold to minors in Cork city garda stingNearly half of all off-licences targeted in a sting operation by gardaí in Cork City sold alcohol to minors.
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27th January 2016
A judge at the Children’s Court thinks he knows the main reason for children offendingMost problems in cases at the Dublin Children’s Court are caused by drugs particularly cannabis, a judge has said.
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26th January 2016
Drug testing in nightclubs branded ‘knee-jerk reaction’ after Cork tragedyMichaél Martin doesn’t seem keen on the idea after it was brought up by Leo Varadkar.
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26th January 2016
Varadkar considers plan to test drugs for safety in nightclubsMeasure in place in other countries to detect dangerous impurities
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26th January 2016
Ministers lobbied 40 times in three months on alcohol issuesMost lobbying concerned planned law on countering alcohol abuse, register shows
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26th January 2016
Efforts to bring successful rehab to prisonsA study of a drug-treatment programme has found that almost three-quarters of clients said they were still drug-free two years after enrolling.
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