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1st July 2015
HSE investigating rise in HIV amongst injecting drug users in DublinThere have been 15 cases confirmed from June 2014 to June 2015.
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30th June 2015
Headshop drugs ban curbs problem usageA law criminalising the possession or sale of headshop drugs appears to have had the desired effect of reducing usage among young people who had been using in a problematic way, according to a study by researchers at Trinity College Dublin.
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30th June 2015
Sharp fall in use of head shop drugs after ban introducedStudy appears to contradicts claims by critics of crackdown that it would drive demand underground rather than reducing it
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30th June 2015
The headshop ban pretty much worked, people stopped abusing headshop drugsA new Trinity study shows that treatment for ‘legal highs’ dropped to virtually nil
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30th June 2015
The potentially fatal gamble with illicit drugs available on the internetRecent seizure underlines the scale of the problem and product mix that confirms the considerable risk to consumers
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30th June 2015
Fifteen drug users infected with HIVFifteen injecting drug users in Dublin have recently been infected with HIV, with another case considered probable, the HSE has confirmed.
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29th June 2015
Irish alcoholics are travelling to UK for €1,000 ‘pellet’ to help beat addictionIrish people with serious alcohol problems are travelling to the UK to be fitted with a costly “drink pellet”, which blocks the “buzz factor” they get from alcohol.
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29th June 2015
Half of students have used cannabisNearly half of third-level students have recently smoked cannabis and almost a third have recently taken ecstasy, research indicates.
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29th June 2015
Umbrella support behind Oireachtas report on alcohol billAn alliance of doctors, HSE experts, youth leaders,and campaigners are backing an Oireachtas Health Committee report on the forthcoming Alcohol Bill.
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26th June 2015
ALERT: UPSURGE IN HIV IN PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS IN DUBLINIn order for better understanding of the burden of disease we in Public Health require information on HIV surveillance in order to capture the likely routes of transmission of all cases since January 2015.
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