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18th April 2013
Irish children “groomed” by the alcohol industryLack of strict legislation governing alcohol advertising and sponsorship is allowing Irish children to be “groomed” by the alcohol industry, the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications has heard
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17th April 2013
Call for end to alcohol sponsorship of sportThe sponsorship of major sporting events by drinks companies should be banned, psychiatrists have again insisted.
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17th April 2013
Cannabis conference for DublinThe latest scientific research into cannabis will be presented at a major international conference taking place in Dublin this week.
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16th April 2013
Taste of beer ‘makes you want to drink more’The taste of beer releases a chemical in the brain which makes people want to drink more and take other drugs, research has found.
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16th April 2013
Alcohol pricing plan to go before departmentsNew rules on minimum pricing for alcohol and guidelines for drink advertising for sports events will be signed off this week by the Department of Health before going to Cabinet.
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15th April 2013
Let’s Talk about Drugs Media Awards 2013: Judges PanelMeet three members of this year’s Judging Panel
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12th April 2013
Gastroenterologists call for action on cheap alcoholThe Irish Society of Gastroenterology has called on the Government to introduce a 1 per cent levy on alcohol advertising and sponsorship expenditure.
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12th April 2013
Cut booze and cut cancer – charityDrinkers are being urged to cut their alcohol intake to reduce their risk of cancer.
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12th April 2013
More deaths ‘down to banned highs’More young people are dying from recently outlawed legal highs in Northern Ireland, a coroner said.
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9th April 2013
Legal highs ‘should be sold like alcohol’‘Legal high’ drugs should be sold by pharmacists in the same way as alcohol in pubs so that doctors will know what teens have taken when they overdose, the UK government’s former chief drugs adviser has said.
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