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3rd December 2014
Cigarette-vending machines to be outlawed and under-18s to be banned from selling cigarettesCigarette-vending machines are to be outlawed and under-18s banned from selling tobacco products under tough new anti-smoking proposals.
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3rd December 2014
Public views sought on tobacco controlsA public consultation on imposing tougher tobacco sale restrictions has been launched by the Department of Health.
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2nd December 2014
‘Drug that reverses heroin overdoses should be made more available’A drug that reverses opioids immediately and prevents drug overdose should be made available to drug services and users here in Ireland, according to the Merchants Quay charity.
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2nd December 2014
One person a day dies from drugs overdoseOne person each day is fatally overdosing on drugs in Ireland - nearly twice the number of road deaths.
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2nd December 2014
Prime Time reporter Barry Cummins blogs about Ireland’s Young DrinkersIt’s often said that ‘the Irish love to drink’ – we are known internationally for many things, but the pub is way up there. Whereas many of us drink to socialise, many of us simply drink to get drunk and then keep on drinking. The effects are scary.
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2nd December 2014
People as young as 20 dying from alcohol abusePeople as young as 20 have died from alcohol-related illnesses, one of the countries leading consultants has revealed.
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2nd December 2014
Drinking when pregnant - harmless or an act of denial?With 80 per cent of women in Ireland admitting to drinking alcohol when pregnant, Aoife Stuart Madge asks if we are ignoring the risks.
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29th November 2014
Facing down demons of Ireland’s boozing problemThe Irish love affair with booze has continued to thrive in both good times and bad.
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28th November 2014
The Global Drug Survey 2015 Launches In IrelandHot Press is joining the likes of Vice, Cosmopolitan, San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, Liberation, Men’s Health and Zeit in supporting the Global Drug Survey, which last year included Ireland in its findings for the first time.
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28th November 2014
Women ‘return to their pub’ after addiction helpThe growth in the number of women seeking treatment for addiction and an alarming rise in heroin use among men seeking help have been revealed by the largest addiction treatment service in the South.
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