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17th December 2014
Relationship that we need to redefine - Destructive drinkingLike an insecure, old-school politician who feels duty bound to be seen at nearly every funeral in their constituency, alcohol is a pallbearer at almost every tragedy, every premature or accidental loss of life, in this society.
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17th December 2014
Call to set up injection facility in Dublin city centrePlans are being drawn up for the country’s first drug injection centre, in Dublin city centre.
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16th December 2014
Statement by Varadkar on National Drug-Related Deaths Index“The 2012 figures from the National Drug-Related Deaths Index have just been published, the last full year for which data is available. It shows a small decline in the overall number of drug-related deaths, and the number of deaths in which heroin was involved also continues to decline,” Minister for Health Leo Varadkar said today.
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16th December 2014
Drink-drive clampdown leads to fall in drug-use road deathsTougher drink-driving campaigns have contributed to a “sustained fall” in the number of deaths among drug users linked to road traffic collisions, a new report has revealed.
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16th December 2014
Legal drugs cause 75% of poisoning deathsLegal drugs, including prescription medication and alcohol, account for three out of four of all deaths directly due to the effects of drugs.
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16th December 2014
The day I met Jonathan Corrie, offered to buy him lunch and he told me about his life‘People die on streets all the time. Ever since people have been living on the streets, they’ve been dying on the streets,” a homeless friend told me recently.
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16th December 2014
Ana Liffey Drug Project Seeks Resources for Residential Stabilisation ServicesThe Ana Liffey Drug Project, which works directly with over 2,500 people affected by addiction problems in Ireland every year is seeking support to provide a suitable premises for a ‘low threshold residential stabilisation’ service.
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15th December 2014
Health Research Board reports latest drug-related deaths figuresThe number of drug-related deaths has decreased slightly from 645 in 2011 to 633 in 2012*, according to the latest figures published by the Health Research Board (HRB).
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15th December 2014
Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign call for the immediate appointment of a Junior MinisterOn foot of the release today by the Health Research Board of the 2012 Drug Related Deaths report, Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign are calling for the immediate appointment of a Junior Minister with sole responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy, a call already made by Citywide at the Oireachtas Justice Committee on Wednesday 10th December.
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15th December 2014
Drugs ‘kill 12 people per week’More than 12 people a week die from overdoses or drug-related causes in Ireland, a new report shows.
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