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20th November 2014
Doctor’s corner: The biggest problem with a zero tolerance approach to drug use
Alcohol is a drug. We have guidelines on its use aimed at reducing the long-term risk of health harms. So why not have guidelines for drugs?
20th November 2014
Warning on low-cost alcohol as publicans call for minimum prices
Almost half of the alcohol sold in Ireland is being sold at “close to or below cost price”, publicans have claimed.Almost half of the alcohol sold in Ireland is being sold at “close to or below cost price”, publicans have claimed.
19th November 2014
Selling alcohol at self-service supermarket tills ‘absolutely ridiculous’
A group representing off licences has slammed the availability of alcohol at self-service tills in Ireland.
18th November 2014
Number of drownings falls but alcohol a factor in third of cases
The number of deaths by drowning in Ireland last year was the lowest in over 75 years.
18th November 2014
What drugs are in your life? Global Drugs Survey 2015 wants to know
The use of drugs – legal and illegal – has a huge impact on the world. Is all of this impact negative? What do we really understand about how we use them? Does society consider alcohol a drug?
17th November 2014
Seminar on the S.M.A.R.T. Method for Strength and Conditioning Training
As part of the Mid West Regional Drugs and Alcohol Awareness Week, 17th – 21st November 2014, a seminar on the S.M.A.R.T. Method for Strength and Conditioning Training will be held from 7pm - 9pm on Wednesday, 19th November in the Millennium Theatre, Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT).
17th November 2014
Mid West Regional Drugs & Alcohol Forum Drugs & Alcohol Awareness Week 2014
The Mid West Regional Drugs & Alcohol Forum (MWRDAF) today, Monday, 17th November launched the first ever Mid West Drugs & Alcohol Awareness Week to run from November 17th - 21st 2014.
17th November 2014
Opinion: Opposition to ‘vaping’ adverts is knee-jerk moral outrage
E-cigarettes have attracted much controversy since they were introduced some seven years ago. The anti-smoking lobby, long used to getting their way in a quantifiably quite successful war on cigarettes, immediately took to attacking e-cigarettes as just another form of the demon weed.
17th November 2014
Ireland must lead the way with a ban to save our children from evils of smoking
I was giving out to this always broke friend of mine who spent more on cigarettes than he did on food. Here is an exact account of the conversation. “Every time I see you, there’s the butt of a fag over your ear.”
17th November 2014
Concern over high antidepressant use in North
Northern Ireland has one of the world’s highest prescription rates for antidepressant medicines, according to new research, but fresh questions have emerged over what may be driving the trend.

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