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7th November 2014
Dublin and US main focus of ‘darknet’ drug site takedown
Silk Road 2 illegal website disabled by FBI, Europol and Department of Homeland Security
5th November 2014
What do kids these days know about drugs? Answers on an iPad, please
What do young people know about drugs?
5th November 2014
Calorie labelling on alcohol could soon be mandatory
It’s already commonplace on most foods, but calorie labelling could soon also be mandatory on alcohol.
5th November 2014
Returned Irish emigrants more likely to have problems with alcohol
Higher rates of alcohol problems have been found among older Irish people who spent time as emigrants.
4th November 2014
Minister Varadkar launches drug awareness competition
Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar has launched the ‘Drugs.ie Let’s Talk about Drugs National Youth Media Awards’ at a photo call in the Department of Health, Dublin.
4th November 2014
Tobacco firms win legal right to challenge EU rules
Tobacco firms have won the right to challenge new European Union rules on cigarette packaging.
3rd November 2014
Opinion: Plain cigarette packaging can save lives – we need to introduce it in Ireland
Smoking currently costs the Irish taxpayer between €1 and €2 billion a year to provide health services to smokers.
3rd November 2014
Mother of drug addict explains how support group ‘made me feel like I wasn’t the only one heartb
Anne McGrath is the mother of a drug addict. Her son has been on drugs since he was 17 – he’s now 44.
3rd November 2014
Breaking Mad - meth ‘test’ drugs flood our streets
Cheap new drugs causing crazed and violent behaviour are flooding our streets and causing major problems for frontline emergency workers, gardai told the Sunday Independent.
31st October 2014
Tories swept drugs report under carpet, say Lib Dems
A furious row has erupted in Britain after a long-awaited Home Office report on drug abuse prompted claims by the Liberal Democrats that it was “suppressed” by the Conservative party.

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