News

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5th June 2015
DRUGS CRISIS: Rising drug potency poses greater dangerThe purity and potency of all the main illegal drugs is increasing in Europe, posing heightened dangers to users, drug experts have warned.
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5th June 2015
Hotlines for dirty needle collections to be establishedHotlines are being set up in Cork City to contact specially trained personnel who will safely dispose of the increasing number of dirty needles being discarded on the streets by heroin addicts.
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4th June 2015
NGOs resign from Health ForumNGOs resign from Health Forum as European Commission ignores Member State and European Parliament calls for Alcohol Strategy
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3rd June 2015
What can Ireland learn from a country that decriminalised drugs?TDs are off to Portugal to find out.
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2nd June 2015
More than half price of bottle of wine goes to Government in taxThe Government now takes over half the price of a bottle of wine in tax
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2nd June 2015
Calls for Eircom to remove phone boxes being used by drug users and damaging nearby businessesEircom says some of the phones are being used by people to contact homeless services.
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1st June 2015
A new test can tell from your fingerprint if you’ve taken drugsA new test can tell if a person has taken cocaine, simply by taking a fingerprint.
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31st May 2015
Founder of ‘Silk Road’ online drugs supermarket jailed for lifeThe man who created the underground drug-selling website Silk Road was sentenced to life in prison.
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29th May 2015
Proposed banning of legal highs welcomed by DUPNew laws that would introduce a blanket ban on so-called legal highs have been welcomed by the DUP.
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29th May 2015
French barman convicted over 56 shots that killed customerA French barman has been convicted of manslaughter after he allowed a customer to drink 56 shots during a drinking contest.