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15th January 2014
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill
The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill will contain a package of measures designed to tackle our harmful relationship with alcohol, reducing alcohol consumption and the related harms.
15th January 2014
‘Neknomination’ is the new social media craze
A new social media craze that has reached Irish shores, in which people are encouraged to film themselves chugging back alcoholic drinks, promotes harmful binge drinking, according to Alcohol Action Ireland.
15th January 2014
European drugs summer school 2014 registration opens today
The University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE–IUL) and the EMCDDA will be joining forces again in July 2014 to hold the third European summer school on ‘Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies’, which is also supported by the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
14th January 2014
From the UK: UK opts out of EU ‘legal highs’ plan
The UK is to opt out of planned European Commission rules on so-called “legal highs”.
13th January 2014
From the US: Parents try cannabis ‘cure’ for ill children
Hundreds of families are flocking to Colorado, the first US state to legalise cannabis for recreational use, seeking to use the drug as a “miracle cure” for children with seizure-related conditions such as epilepsy.
13th January 2014
Why lax parents are really to blame for teenage boozing
Parents probably wrung their hands at the news that drunk teenagers who turn up at Dublin 4’s legendary disco at Old Wesley Rugby Club are looked after in an on-site medical room.
13th January 2014
Hundreds of drivers tested as drink driving targeted
Breath tests were carried out on 302 people and one person was arrested over the weekend in four mandatory alcohol testing checkpoints in Dublin.
10th January 2014
Poll: 40% of people back legalising marijuana
Four out of 10 people would support the legalisation of marijuana, according to the latest Red C opinion poll carried out by Paddy Power Bookmakers.
9th January 2014
Niamh Greene: ‘Wet room’ for teens at Wes disco not a nice notion ... but it is a necessity
It’s depressing to hear that the Wezz disco has had to introduce a “drunk-tank” for children who’ve had too much alcohol.
9th January 2014
Tobacco-free Ireland is ‘doable’
Making Ireland “tobacco-free” by 2025 “won’t be easy but is doable”, the Department of Health’s National Tobacco Control Advisor has told IMT.

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