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8th July 2014
Cannabis medicine allowed for MS patientsThe availability of cannabis-based medicine to relieve one of the main symptoms of multiple sclerosis is about to move a step closer.
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8th July 2014
UCC students more likely to have taken drugs than othersUCC students are more likely to have taken illegal drugs, are less likely to be teetotallers, are more sexually active and are more financially independent than students of UCD or Trinity College.
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7th July 2014
The Irish have strange, almost unconditional, love affair with alcoholI DID AN online Q&A a few years back called ‘Do You Have a Drink Problem?
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7th July 2014
Traders demand action against open drug use on Dublin streetsSome traders in Dublin are threatening to withhold their rates in protest at the number of drug abusers on the streets.
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4th July 2014
James Reilly wants cigarettes to cost €1 eachHealth Minister James Reilly wants to see an increase in the price of cigarettes every year for the next five years so that people “think long and hard before they drag long and hard”.
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4th July 2014
Study involving Irish teenagers finds alcohol at 14 increases binge-drinking riskA study involving teenagers in Ireland has found a single glass of wine or beer at the age of 14 can help a young teenager along the path to binge drinking.
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4th July 2014
Nicotine replacement product to go on general saleA leading nicotine replacement product is to be allowed on general sale for the first time, following a decision to relax the rule that has confined the availability of such products to pharmacies up to now.
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4th July 2014
Olivia Mitchell says changing cigarette packs will not stop smokersA Government backbencher has expressed concern that changing the packaging of cigarettes will do little to cut the number of smokers. Fine Gael TD Olivia Mitchell said no smoker was deterred by how cigarettes were packaged.
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4th July 2014
Ecstasy abuse linked to spinal artery ruptureEcstasy abuse has been linked to a potentially fatal weakening and rupture of the spinal cord artery.
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3rd July 2014
FG Senator Imelda Henry calls for pub opening on Good FridaySligo Fine Gael Senator Imelda Henry has said that closing pubs on Good Friday belongs to another era.
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