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7th May 2013
Statutory code planned for drink sales
The Government is to introduce a statutory code requiring shopowners to separate the sale of alcohol from other goods in their premises.
4th May 2013
UK: Drug users have been warned of a fatal batch of heroin
A fatal batch of heroin that has claimed the lives of two men nearly killed another victim, police said as they again warned drug users to take care.
4th May 2013
Scotland: Alcohol price legal challenge fails
Drinks industry bosses have pledged to take their fight to stop the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) after their legal challenge was dismissed by a court.
3rd May 2013
Minimum pricing: Challenge to Scottish alcohol legislation fails
A legal challenge to the Scottish government’s plans to introduce minimum pricing per unit of alcohol has failed.
3rd May 2013
Smokers in Europe ‘not being given enough help to quit’
Doctors should be advising patients who smoke that they need to quit on a regular basis including during routine health checks in addition to offering counselling and medication to deal with smoking addiction, according to a new paper published today.
2nd May 2013
Psych unit patients use illicit drugs, admit staff
Staff at an acute psychiatric unit in Ennis have confirmed that drug use among patients has been a problem but said no such unit was likely to be “immune” from the issue.
1st May 2013
Almost 4,000 deaths prevented due to workplace smoking ban
Almost 4,000 lives have been saved in Ireland since the introduction nine years ago of a ban on smoking in the workplace, a study claims.
30th April 2013
Council want services for drug addicts to return to Drogheda
Louth County Council is to call on Health Minister Dr James Reilly to re-instate the treatment services for drug addicts which has been moved from Drogheda to Duleek.
30th April 2013
High ideals
Street drugs, such as ecstasy (MDMA) and cannabis, are being examined for their medicinal value.
29th April 2013
Cannabis factories a ‘major issue’
Recent discoveries of industrial-size cannabis factories and controversial proposals to end alcohol sponsorship of sport underline the seriousness of the issues being examined in the country’s first National Drugs Media Awards.

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