News

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1st January 2014
Weed smokers in Colorado celebrate retail industry launchMarijuana smokers in Colorado today hailed the arrival of the nation’s first recreational pot industry.
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31st December 2013
Minister for Health welcomes new HSE QUIT Campaign TV advertisementIf you want to quit, help is at hand – www.quit.ie or talk to your GP or pharmacist.
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31st December 2013
UCC tries to get to grips with the problem of alcohol use and misuse in studentsA campaign to educate people about alcohol has met with success and a certain degree of controversy
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30th December 2013
Drugs ‘kill about 100 people a year in Northern Ireland’The Health Minister Edwin Poots has said around 100 people each year are dying as a result of drugs misuse.
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30th December 2013
Fury at policy on addicts at centreThe treatment of drug addicts exposed in the recent RTE programme on the Victory outreach centre has been condemned by a local councillor.
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29th December 2013
Cigs’ chemicals damage highlightedThe harm done to the body by the chemicals inside cigarettes is the subject of a new health campaign.
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28th December 2013
Bootleg alcohol seizures rise dramaticallyRevenue figures suggest fall in smuggled tobacco and cigarette activity
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28th December 2013
Legal highs stolen from Belfast shop not to be ingested, warns PSNIBAGS CONTAINING SACHETS of powder with the names Herbal Haze, China White and Dust till Dawn were stolen last night from a shop in South Belfast.
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28th December 2013
Roadside device will test drivers for drugsEquipment can test for some, but not all, of the seven most commonly detected drugs so impairment tests will still be required
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28th December 2013
Warning about ‘Speckled Rolex’ ecstasy after man dies, four hospitalisedA warning about a batch of bad drugs being circulated in Belfast has been issued by PSNI officers.The alert comes after a man died suddenly last night.