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5th November 2015
Oireachtas report: Decriminalise personal drug use
The possession of all drugs for personal use should be effectively decriminalised, the Oireachtas Justice Committee has recommended.
4th November 2015
Leo Varadkar has a plan to put calorie counts on beer bottles
Five new health warnings are to appear on every alcohol product under proposed new rules.
3rd November 2015
Here’s what the drugs minister means by ‘Supervised Injection Centres’
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has been speaking about his forthcoming drugs strategy this morning.
3rd November 2015
Alcohol bottles to carry labels warning pregnant women of drink dangers
Compulsory warning labels for pregnant women are to appear on all bottles of alcohol from next year under new health laws.
3rd November 2015
Our drugs minister has backed decriminalisation in a major London speech
The minister cited Portugal’s approach to drugs as a possible model for Ireland.
3rd November 2015
Supervised injection centres in city by next year
DRUGS Minister Aodhan O Riordain has pledged that supervised injection centres will be in place in Dublin city by next year.
3rd November 2015
Opening injection rooms ‘not simple’, says Varadkar
Health Minister Leo Varadkar supports the introduction of supervised injection rooms for drug addicts, but the Government has yet to give the proposal the go-ahead, and changing the law will not be a “simple matter”.
3rd November 2015
Ó Ríordáin’s hopes for drug decriminalisation
Minister awaiting justice committee decision on policy similar to that used in Portugal
2nd November 2015
Western Regional Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week 2015
Putting the harms and risks associated with drugs and alcohol under the spotlight is the aim of the fourth Regional Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week which starts on November 9
2nd November 2015
Young people positive on health issues
Young people are largely positive about the state of their health, although significant numbers are battling with issues to do with their weight, binge drinkin, and smoking.

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