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21st April 2012
Headshops owner imported drugs without licenceThe owner of a chain of headshops faces up to 10 years in prison, fines of up to €120,000 or both after pleading guilty to importing illegal medical products and selling the “Viagra-type” drugs wholesale without a licence.
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21st April 2012
Viagra-type drugs were sold on to headshopsThe owner of a chain of headshops faces up to 10 years for illegally importing Viagra-like products.
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21st April 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - Sale of AlcoholDeputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health his views and intention in relation to the sale of alcoholic products in retail units; if he is considering changes to layout plans for such units; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21st April 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - National Substance Misuse StrategyDeputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports the steering group’s report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy; and if it will be supporting the implementation of its recommendations that drinks industry sponsorship of sporting events here should be phased out through legislation by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20th April 2012
Ecstasy use can lead to depressionTeenagers who take ecstasy are much more likely to suffer with depression, according to Canadian researchers.
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20th April 2012
Surge expected in liver cirrhosis casesA significant surge in liver disease is expected to take place in Ireland over the next 20 years as a long-term legacy of the country’s heroin problem, a leading public health medicine expert has claimed.
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19th April 2012
Treating heroin users with heroin works – EU reportSupervised heroin use has been found to be of more benefit to chronic and ‘untreatable’ heroin users than any other treatment, a new study has found.
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19th April 2012
Antidote for cocaine overdose shows promise in UK lab testsBack from the dead: Antidote for cocaine overdose shows promise in lab tests.
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19th April 2012
Young Irish immigrants risking health to sample the high lifeThere was a time when recreational drugs were the highs of choice for the middle-class youth and hippies.
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19th April 2012
ICGP backs greater controls on alcoholBy Dara Gantly. The ICGP has publicly come out in support of the Government’s intentions to legislate to reduce the level of alcohol abuse in Ireland.
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