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20th July 2015
Time to kick the habit as smoking alters the brainNew research shows smoking has deep psychological effects and may even cause schizophrenia. Is Big Tobacco doomed?
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17th July 2015
50 children in Northern Ireland received treatment for “legal highs” in four year periodThe growing problem of so-called legal highs came to light earlier this year following the death of Co Down teenager Adam Owens
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16th July 2015
Drug users ‘need treatment,not prison’A group that works with marginalised young men has said that the Portuguese model of not criminalising people for possessing drugs would have a “positive impact”, especially for those trying to overcome their addiction.
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15th July 2015
Drug centre sees 31% rise in demand for servicesOne of the country’s longest-running specialist drug centres witnessed a 31% jump in demand for services last year.
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15th July 2015
Coolmine Therapeutic Community has seen 31% rise in demand for servicesMinister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says every family in Ireland has an addiction problem
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15th July 2015
Heroin on the rise: 22 mothers taken into drug facility with their childrenCoolmine Therapeutic Commnity is the only ‘mother and child’ facility in the country.
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15th July 2015
Heroin on the rise: 22 mothers taken into drug facility with their childrenCoolmine Therapeutic Commnity is the only ‘mother and child’ facility in the country.
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14th July 2015
Sobering stories from family members of addictsSobering stories from family members of addicts
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14th July 2015
Fruit fly helps scientists identify gene linked to humans’ alcohol consumptionResearchers believe gene mechanism may point to new treatments for alcohol abuse
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14th July 2015
Scientists might have found the reason that people suffer from alcoholismThe experiment involved looking at a protein that exists in both fruit flies and humans.
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