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22nd October 2013
Uruguay to sell legal marijuana for $1 a gramUruguay’s drug tsar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 a gram to combat drug-trafficking, according to a local newspaper.
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22nd October 2013
Column: Facing the fear – over half our population drinks in a high-risk wayIt’s impossible to seriously address mental health in Ireland without resolving our harmful relationship with alcohol, says Suzanne Costello.
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21st October 2013
Genetic link to alcoholism highlightedA new campaign is aiming to raise awareness of the genetic link associated with alcohol dependence.
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21st October 2013
Cannabis legalisation: Where do the parties stand?Independent politician Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is currently dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s on a bill that will propose the legalisation of cannabis in Ireland.
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21st October 2013
Drugs services facing crisisDrugs services will be shut down or scaled back over the coming months due to funding cuts, according to senior figures in local drugs task forces.
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21st October 2013
Maintaining drug users on the heroin-replacement drug methadone is a form of State-sponsored socialMaintaining drug users on the heroin-replacement drug methadone is a form of State-sponsored social control that substitutes one addictive opiate drug for another, the head of one of Dublin’s biggest drug-free rehabilitation projects has said.
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21st October 2013
Welfare changes put addiction centre’s future in jeopardyOne of the most established addiction treatment centres in the country has warned its future is in doubt because of changes to welfare payments.
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18th October 2013
HSE’s free detox services “very successful” - says reportThe number of heroin users in Westmeath engaging in a methadone programme has risen by almost 75 per cent in the last three years, it was revealed this week.
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18th October 2013
Ireland set to introduce minimum price for alcoholIreland will introduce a minimum price for alcohol - as long as it’s cleared by authorities in Europe.
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17th October 2013
Excise hikes on alcohol ‘punitive and short-sighted’Alcohol industry representatives have described as “punitive” and “short-sighted” increases in beer, wine and spirits in Budget 2014.
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