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21st May 2015
Ministers welcome availability of life-saving antidote to heroin-related overdoses aimed at reducingMinister for Health, Dr Leo Varadkar and Minister of State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin both welcomed today’s confirmation by the HSE that naloxone will be made available from tomorrow for prescription and supply to opioid drug users under an initiative aimed at reducing drug-related deaths and near-fatal drug poisonings.
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21st May 2015
Six others hospitalised on night tragic teen collapsedIt has also emerged that six other people who were in the Twisted Pepper club in Dublin city centre were hospitalised after taking ecstasy on the same night that Ana (18) fell ill.
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20th May 2015
Heroin users to be given antidoteHeroin addicts, their friends, and immediate relations are to be provided with a series of measures, including an antidote to the Class A drug, in an effort to prevent deaths from overdosing.
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20th May 2015
Party pills: Potent drugs disguised as ecstasy are taking over the streetsTwenty years ago, Leah Betts from Essex went into a coma after taking a single ecstasy pill on her 18th birthday and died five days later. It was later found she died from water intoxication, having drunk seven litres to avoid dehydration. But it was too late to curb the moral panic that erupted over rave culture’s drug of choice.
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20th May 2015
Ecstasy and toxic varieties easily available at student hangouts‘The worst experiences I’ve had were more to do with taking more than one pill in a night’
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19th May 2015
Smoking cannabis before puberty may cause stunted growth in boysBoys who smoke cannabis before reaching puberty may grow less than those who don’t, according to research.
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19th May 2015
The agony of ecstasy: I’ll never stop missing my daughter MarthaThe tragic death of Ana Hick brings back painful memories for one mother.
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19th May 2015
Johann Hari: Heroin injection centres could save State moneyBestselling author says attitude shift needed in Ireland to better treat drug addiction
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19th May 2015
Coroner notes rise in heroin deaths in CorkNearly 90 people have died from heroin and other opiates in Cork City in the past 11 years, according to coroner Myra Cullinane.
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19th May 2015
Prison drug and alcohol addiction services for reviewMisuse of substances a key factor contributing to offending behaviour, says Minister
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