News

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26th May 2014
Home-made drugs are ‘driving students to self-harm’The frightening side effects of home-made hallucinogenic drugs manufactured and taken by university students are revealed today.
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23rd May 2014
HSE issues alert as green ecstasy pills kill two people in the last four daysThe HSE has issued a health alert after two people died after taking an ‘ecstasy-like substance’.
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23rd May 2014
We’re all binge drinkers – if you swallow nanny state lineFor the love of God, stop! Whatever it is that you are eating, put it down. Bin it. If you are drinking something, pour it away. It it almost certainly poison. Studies are increasingly clear that there is a very good chance that we may die. Of Something. Sometime. Somewhere. The cause may very well be something we ate, or drank, or touched, or smelled, or inhaled.
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23rd May 2014
Mental illnesses as bad for you as heavy smokingMany mental illnesses are as bad for you as smoking, with life expectancy for people with mental health problems less than that for heavy smokers, experts have found.
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22nd May 2014
HSE Alert: Deaths from StimulantsThe HSE is today issuing an alert in respect of stimulants which have been implicated in the deaths of two people in the last 4 days and others in the last 4 weeks as well as a number of hospitalisations.
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22nd May 2014
President Michael D. Higgins is the new patron of the Ana Liffey Drug ProjectThe Ana Liffey Drug Project is pleased to formally announce that on 23rd April 2014, Michael D. Higgins President of Ireland accepted an invitation to become the Patron of the Ana Liffey Drug Project.
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22nd May 2014
Have you ever seen a friend drive under the influence of drugs? 1 in 6 haveOne in six drivers have witnessed a friend get behind the wheel while under the influence of drugs, a new survey reveals, while 40 per cent have seen someone drink-and-drive.
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21st May 2014
IVD test kits: advisory note from the Irish Medicines BoardThe Irish Medicines Board is the regulator for medical devices and IVD test kits in Ireland.
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21st May 2014
E-cigarettes can boost quitting success by 60%‘E-cigarettes’ can improve the success rate of people trying to quit smoking by 60% compared with nicotine patches and gum or relying on will power alone, research has shown.
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20th May 2014
Uruguay to sell marijuana tax-free to undercut drug cartelsUruguay will exempt marijuana production and sales from taxes in a bid to ensure prices remain low enough to undercut competition from black market pot smuggled in from Paraguay.