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17th December 2019
Christmas opening hours for HSE Drugs and Alcohol HelplineOpening hours for the Drugs and Alcohol Helpline during Christmas period
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12th December 2019
One person dies of cocaine overdose every week, figures showReport finds a third of drug poisoning deaths in 2017 involved alcohol
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12th December 2019
Simon Harris: Addiction is ‘a public health epidemic’ that impacts every communityWe don’t talk enough about addiction in Ireland but we talk even less about how it impacts on families, said Health Minister, Simon Harris.
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11th December 2019
Cormac O’Keeffe: Modern-day Fagins use kids to deal their drugsGangs create ‘an aura of fear and respect’ in communities, meaning local people are scared talking to gardaí even about routine matters.
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10th December 2019
‘We’re on to you’: Harris says flavoured e-cigarettes target children and he wants them bannedSome vaping packaging is trying to make it attractive to children, according to the health minister.
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10th December 2019
Survey finds teenagers think sweet e-cigarette flavours are designed to target themIrish teenagers say e-cigarette brands are targeting them with sweet flavours such as candyfloss and bubblegum.
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9th December 2019
Denying cannabis link to mental illness is ‘like arguing earth is flat’Leading psychiatrist says legialisation of drug would be ‘a step too far’
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6th December 2019
Homeless crisis opening up ‘cesspool’ of addictionSr Consilio presented with Oireachtas Human Dignity Award for rehabilitation work
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5th December 2019
European health body ‘cannot back vaping as safe way to quit smoking’A European health body has said it cannot back vaping as a safe aid to quitting smoking.
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3rd December 2019
Medical cannabis ‘will change lives’, advocates sayPatients are set to get “life-changing” medical cannabis before Christmas thanks to the approval of two products for sale here.
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