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10th January 2012
The ‘safer’ route from harm
In the second of our two-part series on Ireland’s heroin problem, we visit Limerick’s first mobile needle exchange unit – just one of the approaches being taken to deal with heroin addiction outside Dublin.
9th January 2012
Minimum price for alcohol being considered
The introduction of a minimum price for alcohol is just one of a number of measures being considered to tackle alcohol misuse in Ireland.
9th January 2012
MP advise two alcohol-free days a week
People should avoid drinking alcohol for at least two days a week to protect their health, a committee of British MPs said in a report published today.
9th January 2012
High time we tackled State’s heroin problem
Analysis: European Union figures out last November articulated clearly what many frontline addiction and healthcare workers have been noticing in Ireland for several years.
9th January 2012
Is Ireland failing its heroin addicts?
The number of heroin users in Ireland is the highest in the EU while deaths of people on methadone programmes increasing. In the first of a two-part series on Ireland’s heroin problem, we ask how addicts are being treated here.
8th January 2012
Govt to clamp down on ‘distance sale’ of alcohol to minors
The cost of alcohol is set to go up in the coming months in order to curb its sale to teenagers and problem drinkers, according to a report in The Sunday Times.
8th January 2012
Govt to clamp down on ‘distance sale’ of alcohol to minors
The Department of Justice is expected to use new surveillance methods to target the sale of alcohol to minors by third parties.
8th January 2012
Limerick anti-drugs charity is set to be wound up
One of Limerick’s most prominent charities is to shut down after government cuts of more than a quarter of a million euro.
7th January 2012
Call to restore anti-drugs phone line
The Government has been urged to reverse the scrapping of a free and anonymous phone line which the public could use to report suspected drug dealing in their area.
7th January 2012
Delivery of alcohol may be target of Garda sting
Undercover Garda operations targeting the delivery of alcohol to underage children are being considered under new legislation.

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