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26th June 2015
Groups appeal for additional funding for Drugs and Alcohol Task Force
The need for additional resources for community based drug projects in Tallaght was this week expressed to the drugs minister
26th June 2015
Heroin, benzos, pills, cocaine. Anything goes, so we need injection centres in the city.
Tony Duffin, the director of the Ana Liffey Drug Project, has travelled to the other side of the world in his quest to bring medically supervised injection centres to Dublin.
25th June 2015
The price of alcohol
The price of alcohol
25th June 2015
Tackling the scourge of addictions
The IMO has called for an end to the indifference to the damage being done by the scourge of alcohol, drugs and gambling addictions, proposing some wide-ranging proposals across a number of areas, writes Lloyd Mudiwa.
24th June 2015
The 12 steps… how Alcoholics Anonymous began
Eighty years ago, two strangers with alcohol addictions talked on the phone and found support in each other. This was the beginning of Alcoholics Anonymous, which today has more than two million members around the world
23rd June 2015
Boots and College of Surgeons roll out alcohol detox programme
Boots Ireland is to collaborate with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to make the first alcohol detox programme available in pharmacies.
23rd June 2015
Cantillon: Alcohol pricing proposal sends shivers down spines of Middle Ireland
Prospect of €10 for bottle sends some on Twitter into overdrive
23rd June 2015
Doctors back calls for minimum pricing on alcohol products
A doctors’ group has backed Dáil calls to impose a minimum price on all alcohol products and a de facto ban on TV advertising for the items during sports events, saying the moves are vital if Ireland is to finally tackle its binge drinking culture.
23rd June 2015
TDs want graphic warning labels on alcohol products
A new labelling system for alcohol products featuring health warnings similar to those found on tobacco products has been recommended in a new report.
22nd June 2015
Drinks companies could soon be hit with a ‘social responsibility levy’
It would be part of minimum-pricing laws that raised the price of beer, wine and spirits.

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