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7th December 2014
One-third of heroin addicts kept on expensive methadone for more than 10 years to ‘control crime’HSE document reveals 3,325 heroin users given costly drug substitute for over 10 years
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6th December 2014
Two homeless drug users die in CorkTwo homeless men have died in Cork City centre of suspected drugs overdoses in the past week amid growing calls for measures to ease Dublin’s rough-sleeper crisis to be rolled-out to the rest of the country.
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6th December 2014
Sleeping rough: There were drugs, there was violencePodcast: Recovering heroin addict ‘Sarah’ tells Róisín Ingle about her path to homelessness.
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6th December 2014
Homelessness on the rise among drug users in WexfordHomelessness is on the increase among drug users in County Wexford, according to figures compiled by the Cornmarket Project which offers counselling and support services to addicts and their families.
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4th December 2014
Action needed to reduce death toll from alcohol-related cancersThe challenge of reducing the number of lives claimed by alcohol-related cancers was discussed at the Cross Party Oireachtas Group on Alcohol Harm in Leinster House this (Thursday) morning.
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3rd December 2014
Smoking curbs should be welcomed by allIreland has led the way in many aspects of anti-smoking legislation and it is the ambition of Minister for Children (and former Minister for Health) Dr James Reilly that eventually Ireland will be ‘smoke free’.
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3rd December 2014
Glass of wine ‘as risky as 3 vodkas’Drinking a large glass of wine is as potentially harmful as downing three shots of vodka, a senior British health official has said.
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3rd December 2014
Students launch campaign to highlight the impact of alcohol on youth mental healthThe Union of Students of Ireland (USI) has today (Wednesday) launched a new campaign that highlights the mental health impact of harmful drinking on young people.
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3rd December 2014
Minimum alcohol pricing planned for the NorthNorthern Ireland is planning to introduce a minimum price for alcohol to try to combat alcohol abuse, the North’s Minister of Health, Jim Wells, has said.
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3rd December 2014
Why those drug drivers will be taken off our roadsHow the year has flown. It’s hard to believe the annual Christmas and New Year road safety appeal is under way already.
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