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4th November 2013
Asian migrants 75% of those jailed for cannabis cultivation
Asian immigrants, many claiming trafficking or exploitation, make up 75 per cent of those going to prison for large scale cannabis cultivation in Ireland.
4th November 2013
Nearly six per cent admit to drink driving, men more likely to do it than women
Nearly six per cent of people polled by the AA have admitted to having driven whilst drunk with men more likely than women to drink and drive.
4th November 2013
When debating cannabis law, let’s be honest about the risks
Like many people of the 1960s generation, I smoked a bit of cannabis in my 20s. Did it do me any harm? Maybe not, but all that deep inhaling of the narcotic probably didn’t do my lungs much good either.
3rd November 2013
Data on antidepressant prescribing now available
GPs can now monitor their own prescribing of antidepressants by reviewing the data on the PCRS Suite of Online Services for GPs.
1st November 2013
Column: Bloomberg’s approach to smoking is working in New York
New York’s Mayor Bloomberg intends raising the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 – and he’s right. This is the generation which can be protected from Big Tobacco, writes Kathleen O’Meara.
1st November 2013
Smoking banned in all areas of Dublin maternity hospitals
Smoking is now banned everywhere in Dublin’s three public maternity hospitals.
1st November 2013
‘High’-mindedness about the use of cannabis is counterproductive
LUKE MING FLANAGAN won’t be smoking a celebratory splif after the Nov 6 Dáil vote on his proposal to legalise the supply and consumption of cannabis.
31st October 2013
Benefits of minimum alcohol price highlighted
The positive effects on society of minimum pricing for alcohol will “swamp” any negative impact on the industry or on tax revenues, a report commissioned by the Government has found.
31st October 2013
Drug task force ‘can’t take further budget cut’
The Government has been called on not to implement further swingeing cuts on drug groups in Cork City, which has already lost eight such projects and is facing a feared heroin resurgence.
29th October 2013
Tackling alcohol abuse
The Government is hastening slowly in confronting the issue of widespread alcohol abuse.

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